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bezant

[bez-uhnt, bih-zant]

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noun

Also, bezzant. the gold solidus of the Byzantine Empire, widely circulated in the Middle Ages.

Also, byzant. (in Romanesque architecture) any of a number of disklike ornaments, similar in form to the classical patera, used especially on the faces of archivolts.

Also, besant.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English besant < Old French < Latin byzantius (nummus) Byzantine (coin)

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bezant, bezzant or byzant (ˈbɛz^ənt, bɪˈzænt, ˈbɛz^ənt, bɪˈzænt)

—n
1.	a medieval Byzantine gold coin
2.	architect an ornament in the form of a flat disc
3.	heraldry a small gold circle

[C13: from Old French besant, from Medieval Latin Bӯzantius Byzantine (coin)]

bezzant, bezzant or byzant

—n

[C13: from Old French besant, from Medieval Latin Bӯzantius Byzantine (coin)]

byzant, bezzant or byzant

—n

[C13: from Old French besant, from Medieval Latin Bӯzantius Byzantine (coin)]

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bezant

"gold coin," c.1200, from O.Fr. besant, from L. byzantius, short for Byzantius nummus "coin of Byzantium."

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