definition of
Byzantine

[1] #1 Byzantine n. a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire. wn

[2] #2 Byzantine a. of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites". wn

[3] #3 Byzantine a. of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium. wn

[4] #4 Byzantine s. [convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous] highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "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. wn