Meanings
- not comparablerareSynonym of Byzantine.
Byzantiac Thessaly was notably large, as one can learn from the pages of Le Quien.
ibidem, page 1604 more examples
Under Byzantiac rule, the seat of government was in Constantine’s city on the Bosporos.
1910, Daniel Quinn, Helladian Vistas, third edition, page 18In these Byzantiac times streams of plunderers and invaders swept over and through these plains.
ibidem, page 164That church was sometimes associated with the little church of “Taxiarchae” (a title that can also be expressed in terms of Archangels or Asomati) of later Byzantiac years, which is situated higher up towards the acropolis (see pp. 52 and 53).
1960, N. Papahadjis, Monuments of Thessaloniki, second edition, page 18Επαρχίας Βυζαντιακής Ισπανίας / (Εν τη νοτίω ηπειρωτική Ισπανία) / υπό μητρόπολιν το Σεπτόν / (Σέφτα ή Κέουτα) της δευτέρας / ή Τιγγιτανής Μαυριτανίας
The Patriarchate of the Great City of Alexandria
1998, Μακάριος Τηλλυρίδης [Makarios Tellyrides], Πατριαρχεῖον τῆς μεγάλης πόλεως Ἀλεξανδρείας [The Patriarchate of the Great City of Alexandria], page 117Synonyms: Byzantine
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of Byzantine.
Origin
- GreekΒυζαντιακός
- Medieval GreekΒῡζᾰντῐᾰκός
- EnglishByzantiac
From Medieval Greek Βῡζᾰντῐᾰκός (Būzăntĭăkós), in some uses perhaps via Greek Βυζαντιακός (Vyzantiakós).
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