Byzantine

biz-an′tīn, biz′-, adj. relating to Byzantium or Constantinople.— n. an inhabitant thereof.— n. Byzan′tinism , the manifestation of Byzantine characteristics.— Byzantine architecture , the style prevalent in the Eastern Empire down to 1453, marked by the round arch springing from columns or piers, the dome supported upon pendentives, capitals elaborately sculptured, mosaic or other incrustations, .; Byzantine Church , the Eastern or Greek Church; Byzantine Empire , the Eastern or Greek Empire from 395 A.D. to 1453; Byzantine historians , the series of Greek chroniclers of the affairs of the Byzantine Empire down to its fall in 1453. C to Canton fāte, fär; mē, hėr; mīne; mōte; mūte; mōōn; th en. IMG:c189_png_120px_Chambers_1908_C.png_utm_source_en.wiki source.org_utm_campaign_parser_utm_content_thumbnail:Chambers_1908_C.png-120px-Chambers_1908_C.png?utm_source=en.wiki source.org _campaign=parser _content=thumbnail the third letter of our alphabet, originally having the sound of g , then of k , and finally, in some languages, equivalent to s : ( mus. ) name of one of the notes of the gamut, also the sound on which the system is founded—the scale C major has neither flats nor sharps, and therefore is called the natural scale .