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Topic: byzantine
Definition:

  • a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
  • "Byzantine monks"
  • "Byzantine rites" of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium 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"

    Related tag cloud:

  • greek
  • orthodox
  • catholic
  • icons
  • liturgy
  • roman
  • church
  • byzantium
  • ancient
  • orthodoxy
  • greece
  • medieval
  • icon
  • eastern
  • christianity
  • antiquities
  • athens
  • greek orthodox
  • davlos
  • history
  • coins
    • Resources:

    Fordham University
    Jesuit university in Bronx, New York.
    http://www.fordham.edu/

    Dumbarton Oaks
    Gardens designed by Beatrix Farrand and owned by Harvard University. The institution has research resources in the history of landscape architecture and Pre-Columbian studies.
    http://www.doaks.org/

    Byzantine Catholic Church in America
    News, calendar, links, and message boards.
    http://www.byzcath.org/

    New Advent
    Besides hosting the Summa Theologica and the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, this site offers a Catholic FAQ, selected writings by the Fathers of the Church, and official Church documents, mostly papal, from approximately the last 250 years.
    http://www.newadvent.org/