Byword
(By"word`) n. [AS. bïword; bï, E. by + word.]
1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.
I knew a wise man that had it for a byword.
Bacon.
2. The object of a contemptuous saying.
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen.
Ps. xliv. 14
Bywork
(By"work) n. Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.
Byzant
(Byz"ant Byz"an*tine) (-an"tin) n. [OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL. Byzantius, Byzantinus,
fr. Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.
Byzantian
(By*zan"tian) a. & n. See Byzantine.
Byzantine
(By*zan"tine) a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. — n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium,
now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written
also Bizantine.]
Byzantine church, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin
church. See under Greek. — Byzantine empire, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d.
364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453. — Byzantine historians,
historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. P. Cyc. — Byzantine
style (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Its leading forms are the round
arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and
full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are
prominent examples of Byzantine architecture.
