Definition of Byzantine

Byzantineadjective

Byzantine

/baɪˈzæntaɪn//ˈbɪzəntiːn/

Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin Byzantinus, from Byzantium, the ancient Greek city founded in the 7th century BC, rebuilt by Constantine the Great in AD 324-30 as Constantinople.

namespace

connected with Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire

used to describe architecture of the 5th to the 15th centuries in the Byzantine Empire, especially churches with high central domes and mosaics

complicated, secret and difficult to change

Example:
  • an organization of byzantine complexity