byzantine
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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.
The Republicans promised to use an arsenal of legislative procedures to block any attempt by Mr. Schumer to expedite the chamber’s Byzantine legislative process.
From Washington Times
Francis will say two open-air Masses in Slovakia, which is about 74% Catholic, including one service in the lengthy Byzantine rite.
From Reuters
That explains archaeologists’ surprise when they dug up an unbroken chicken egg in a thousand-year-old cesspit dating from the Byzantine era.
From Washington Post
He was from Cyrenaica, a Roman/Byzantine province in North Africa.
From BBC
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