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byz⋅ant

  [biz-uhnt, bi-zant]
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bezant (def. 2).

bez⋅ant

  [bez-uhnt, bi-zant]
–noun
1. Also, bezzant. the gold solidus of the Byzantine Empire, widely circulated in the Middle Ages.
2. Also, byzant. (in Romanesque architecture) any of a number of disklike ornaments, similar in form to the classical patera, used esp. on the faces of archivolts.
Also, besant.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME besant < OF < L byzantius (nummus) 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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