byzantine
Example Sentences
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My dad just died, and while we knew about the trust and that it was generation-skipping, we didn’t know the Byzantine details involved.
He cites the Roman cemeteries and the Byzantine Church east of Jabalia camp, in the north - key locations where he headed excavations - which lie in the 53% of the strip still under full Israeli control.
From BBC
The town’s dominant monument is Little Hagia Sophia, a Byzantine church that in the eighth century hosted the last ecumenical council recognized by both the Eastern and Western churches.
Like ‘string bean,’ and ‘soup tureen,’ and ‘Byzantine,’ and—well, there are far too many to list.
From Literature
Glass objects from the Byzantine era were extremely rare.
From Literature
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