of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; Byzantine monks; Byzantine rites

[ Syn: byzantine ]

of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium

[ Syn: byzantine ]

a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire

[ Syn: byzantine ]

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; the Byzantine tax structure; Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship; convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning; the plot was too involved; a knotty problem; got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering; Oh, what a tangled web we weave- Sir Walter Scott; tortuous legal procedures; tortuous negotiations lasting for months

[ Syn: byzantine , convoluted , involved , knotty , tangled , tortuous ]