byzantine

English - Turkish

Definition of byzantine in English Turkish dictionary: bizansa ait; Bizans'a ait; Yapısal olarak anlaşılması güç ve karışık olan. "The novel iş a fine work, but the plot iş so byzantine that to recreate that in a film would result in a confusing jumble."; bizans
Bizans İmparatorluğu tarihi 1058 yıllık bir süreyi kapsar. - The history of the Byzantine Empire spans 1058 years.; {s} Bizanslı; (sıfat) Bizans ile ilgili; {s} Bizans ile ilgili; {s} Bizans, Bizans'a özgü; bizanslı; biza
byzantine church: bizans kilisesi
byzantines: Bizanslılar

English - English

Definition of byzantine in English English dictionary: Overly complex or intricate; A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul); of a devious, usually stealthy manner, of practice; Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern-Roman empire, between 331 A.D. when the capital was moved to Constantinople (now Istanbul) and up 1453 when it was conquered by the Turks; Of or pertaining to Byzantium; A native of Byzantium which was in the same place as is now Istanbul; {i} native or inhabitant of Byzantium; What belongs to the civilization of the East-Roman empire, as it was established after 331 A.D. when the capital was moved to Constantinoupolis (now Istanbul) and up to 1453 when it was conquered by the Turks; {s} of or pertaining to Byzantium; of or pertaining to the Byzantine Empire; (Christianity) of or pertaining to the Eastern Orthodox Church; complex, complicated, intricate, convoluted; characterized by sneakiness, characterized by deceitful and clandestine methods; A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople; characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue; devious; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "a fine hand for Byzantine deals and cozy arrangements"; of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium; of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites; a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire; a ) Reference to Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, or b ) Reference to the Greek Orthodoxist Church ( SEE: Orthodoxism ); highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "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"; disapproval If you describe a system or process as byzantine, you are criticizing it because it seems complicated or secretive. Byzantine architecture Byzantine art Byzantine chant Byzantine Empire; the art and architecture of the Eastern Roman Empire from about AD 330 to 1450 The style itself is mostly religious Pieces are characterized by a strong use of colors and figures The figures seem to be flat with prominent eyes and backgrounds that are golden in tone Most works of the period tend to be clear and simple, probably for an effective presentation of the intended religious lesson; A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium; Byzantine means related to or connected with the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine civilisation There are also several well-preserved Byzantine frescoes; of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites"; Referring or attributed to Byzantium, the ancient Greek city on the Bosporus, which later (331 A D ) became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, and then of the Medieval Greek Empire of Constantinople Its people are known as Byzantines and its cultural heritage as Byzantine (i e , Byzantine art, the Empire, church, architecture, music, etc ); a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue; devious; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "a fine hand for Byzantine deals and cozy arrangements"; An adjective meaning, "characteristic of the Byzantine empire " The Byzantine Empire was the successor to the Roman Empire Its capital was Constantinople, and it lasted roughly from the fall of Rome in the fifth century AD to the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth century AD The adjective can be used in reference to works of art, architecture, history and other aspects of culture; a complex form of key-card Blackwood; referring to the eastern Roman Empire, based in Constantinople, after the fall of Rome; The style of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire from the sixth century onwards, characterised by the use of centralised church planning, low domes, semicircular arches, and mosaic decoration; (BIZ an teen): Pertaining to that *Tradition of the *Churchwhich had its beginnings in the city of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), otherwise known in ancient times as "Byzantium" (biz AN tee um) This largest Eastern *Rite of the Church embraces 13 *sui iuris (self-governing) Churches, such as the Ukrainian Church, the Melkite Church, and the Ruthenian Church Christians of the Byzantine Tradition are either Catholic or Orthodox
Byzantine Empire: An ancient Greek-speaking empire of Eastern Europe, capital Constantinople, ended in 1453
Byzantine Greek: Collectively, the continuum of forms of the Greek language as written and spoken during the time of the Byzantine Empire (CE 330–1453), preceded by Koine Greek and succeeded by Modern Greek. (ISO 639-3 code: gkm.)
Byzantine Patriarch: The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Byzantine Patriarchs: plural form of Byzantine Patriarch
Byzantine fault tolerance: Byzantine fault tolerance is a sub-field of error tolerance research inspired by the Byzantine Generals' Problem, which is a generalized version of the Two Generals' Problem
Byzantine Church: church built in the Byzantine style, church built during the time of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire: The eastern part of the later Roman Empire, dating from 330 when Constantine I rebuilt Byzantium and made it his capital. Its extent varied greatly over the centuries, but its core remained the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor. The empire collapsed when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Empire, southeastern and southern Europe and western Asia. It began as the city of Byzantium, which had grown from an ancient Greek colony founded on the European side of the Bosporus. The city was taken in AD 330 by Constantine I, who refounded it as Constantinople. The area at this time was generally termed the Eastern Roman Empire. On the death of Constantine in 395, Theodosius I divided the empire between his two sons. The fall of Rome in 476 ended the western half of the Roman Empire; the eastern half continued as the Byzantine Empire, with Constantinople as its capital. The eastern realm differed from the west in many respects: heir to the civilization of the Hellenistic era, it was more commercial and more urban. Its greatest emperor, Justinian (r. 527-565), reconquered some of western Europe, built the Hagia Sophia, and issued the basic codification of Roman law. After his death the empire weakened. Though its rulers continued to style themselves "Roman" long after Justinian's death, "Byzantine" more accurately describes the medieval empire. The long controversy over iconoclasm within the eastern church prepared it for the break with the Roman church (see Schism of 1054). During the controversy, Arabs and Seljuq Turks increased their power in the area. In the late 11th century, Alexius I Comnenus sought help from Venice and the pope; these allies turned the ensuing Crusades into plundering expeditions. In the Fourth Crusade the Venetians took over Constantinople and established a line of Latin emperors. Recaptured by Byzantine exiles in 1261, the empire was now little more than a large city-state. In the 14th century the Ottoman Turks began to encroach; their extended siege of Constantinople ended in 1453, when the last emperor died fighting on the city walls and the area came under Ottoman control
Byzantine Empire: Eastern Roman Empire, successor to the Roman Empire after the separation of the eastern and western sections of the empire in 395 AD (lasted till 1453 AD)
Byzantine Greek: {i} extinct language spoken in the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine architecture: Building style of Constantinople (now Istanbul, formerly ancient Byzantium) after AD 330. Byzantine architects were eclectic, at first drawing heavily on Roman temple features. Their combination of the basilica and symmetrical central-plan (circular or polygonal) religious structures resulted in the characteristic Byzantine Greek-cross-plan church, with a square central mass and four arms of equal length. The most distinctive feature was the domed roof. To allow a dome to rest above a square base, either of two devices was used: the squinch (an arch in each of the corners of a square base that transforms it into an octagon) or the pendentive. Byzantine structures featured soaring spaces and sumptuous decoration: marble columns and inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-stone pavements, and sometimes gold coffered ceilings. The architecture of Constantinople extended throughout the Christian East and in some places, notably Russia, remained in use after the fall of Constantinople (1453). See also Hagia Sophia
Byzantine art: Art associated with the Byzantine Empire. Its characteristic styles were first codified in the 6th century and persisted with remarkable homogeneity until the capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. Concerned almost exclusively with religious expression, it tends to reflect an intensely hierarchical view of the universe. It relies on vigour of line and brilliance of colour; individual features are absent, forms are flattened, and perspective is absent. Walls, vaults, and domes were covered in mosaic and fresco decoration in a total fusion of architectural and pictorial expression. Byzantine sculpture was largely limited to small ivory reliefs. The importance of Byzantine art to European religious art was immense; the style was spread by trade and expansion to the Mediterranean basin, eastern European centres, and especially Russia. See also Byzantine architecture
Byzantine chant: Unison liturgical chant of the Greek Orthodox church from the era of the Byzantine Empire to the 16th century. It probably derived principally from Hebrew and Syrian Christian liturgies. A system of eight modes, very similar to the eight Greek modes, was used for psalms and hymns, each mode (or echos) consisting primarily of a few melodic formulas. The principal hymn genres were the troparion (one or more stanzas of poetic prose), the kontakion (a metrical sermon), and the kanon (a complexly ordered set of hymn types). See also Gregorian chant
byzantine architecture: the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century; massive domes with square bases and rounded arches and spires and much use of mosaics
byzantine empire: a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
Byzantines: plural of Byzantine