Palaeologan

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A form of Palaiologan — A member of the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire, which reigned from AD 1261 to AD 1453.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounPalaeologan (plural Palaeologans)

plural Palaeologans

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Palaiologan.

    The Palaeologans ruled one of these, the kingdom of Nicaea.

    2015, Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History, →ISBN
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    During the dynasty of the Palaeologans it went through a critically long and desperate period.

    2003, Vasileios N. Tatakēs, Nicholas J. Moutafakis, Byzantine Philosophy, →ISBN, page 188
adjectivePalaeologan (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Palaiologan.

    Its bold, experimental, and yet sophisticated solutions are a step beyond the other Palaeologan monuments of the capital.

    1987, Robert G. Ousterhout, The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul, →ISBN, page 142
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    As an example of the diffusion of Byzantine culture, especially of the influences of Palaeologan painting, we might cite the remarkable Byzantine painter Theophanes "the Greek" (Feofan Grek in Russian.)

    1984, Deno John Geanakoplos, Byzantium, →ISBN

    Byzantine art of the Palaeologan period is just as formal as in any preceding period, but the figures are treated semi-naturalistically and a restrained emotion is allowed to break through.

    2004, Rowena Loverance, Byzantium, →ISBN
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APA

Palaeologan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Palaeologan

MLA

“Palaeologan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Palaeologan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Palaeologan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Palaeologan.

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