byzantine

'byzantine'

[byzantine.n.01] as in: a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire

'byzantine'

[byzantine.a.01] as in: of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it

Examples:
Byzantine monks
Byzantine rites

'byzantine'

[byzantine.a.02] as in: of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium

'byzantine'

[byzantine.s.01] as in: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - Sir Walter Scott

Examples:
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 by labyrinthine maneuvering
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
tortuous legal procedures
tortuous negotiations lasting for months

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