Main entry: Byzantine
Definition: a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
Main entry: convoluted, Byzantine, involved, knotty, tortuous, tangled
Definition: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Usage: 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
Main entry: Byzantine
Definition: of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
Main entry: Byzantine
Definition: of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
Usage: Byzantine monks; Byzantine rites