byzantine

Example Sentences

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We meet under a winter sun by the stone walls of a castle, which has towered over Gaziantep since the Byzantine era.

From BBC

In the foreground, the midwife, known from Byzantine tradition as Salome, meets Joseph’s eyes as she steadies the water he pours into the baby’s bathtub.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the edge of Europe, for example, he goes to the great Byzantine church of the Holy Wisdom, Hagia Sophia.

From The Wall Street Journal

My dad just died, and while we knew about the trust and that it was generation-skipping, we didn’t know the Byzantine details involved.

From The Wall Street Journal

He cites the Roman cemeteries and the Byzantine Church east of Jabalia camp, in the north - key locations where he headed excavations - which lie in the 53% of the strip still under full Israeli control.

From BBC