1. прилагательное 1) византийский Например: Byzantine architecture — византийская архитектура 2) относящийся к восточной христианской церкви 3) то же, что и byzantine - запутанный, сложный Например: rules of byzantine complexity — архисложные, причудливо-запутанные правила 4) то же, что и byzantine - коварный, предательский; интриганский 2. имя существительное византиец
I. adjective 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient city of Byzantium 2. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire especially in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold 3. of or relating to the churches using a traditional Greek rite and subject to Eastern canon law 4. often not capitalized a. of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation Example: a Byzantine power struggle b. intricately involved; labyrinthine Example: rules of Byzantine complexity II. noun a native or inhabitant of Byzantium
A term describing any system that has so many labyrinthine internal interconnections that it would be impossible to simplify by separation into loosely coupled or linked components. The city of Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople and then Istanbul, and the Byzantine Empire were vitiated by a bureaucratic overelaboration bordering on lunacy: quadruple banked agencies, dozens or even scores of superfluous levels and officials with high flown titles unrelated to their actual function, if any. Access to the Emperor and his council was controlled by powerful and inscrutable eunuchs and by rival sports factions.