BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Byzantine architecture mean? 

• BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE (noun)
  The noun BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE has 1 sense:

1. the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century; massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics

  Familiarity information: BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century; massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Byzantine architecture" is a kind of...):

architectural style; style of architecture; type of architecture (architecture as a kind of art form)