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单词 bezant
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Definition of bezant in English:

bezant

noun ˈbɛz(ə)ntˈbɛzənt
  • 1historical A gold or silver coin originally minted at Byzantium.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Al-Kamil sent back a second time, adding 30,000 bezants cash to compensate for the two castles, but again the offer was rejected.
    • Once in the eastern Mediterranean they bought up the local gold bezant coins of the Byzantine empire or Arabic dinars and ultimately these became a source of gold for Europe.
    • Gold and silver were still available in abundance there and trade flourished, based on the gold bezant.
    • But the success of the past two seasons mean that the standard emblazoned with four bezants or gold coins, to symbolise both wealth and wheels of a car is apt.
    • The Byzantine society functioned very successfully economically for a thousand years using the pure bezant gold coin.
  • 2Heraldry
    A roundel or (i.e. a solid gold circle).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sign of the bezant is borne by those deemed worthy of trust and treasure.
    • In the middle of this aisle, on a raised tomb, is a cross-legged mail, and a pointed helmet of the same, his head reclined on a double cushion to the right, his hands elevated; on his shield a bend between six crosses botone, charged with only one bezant.
    • At the end the bezant has a designed belt in a shape of 2 interlaced birch branches with leaves and garden-stuff. The shield is decorated with a crown with 3 pinks.
    • In the center of these arms is a gold (yellow) plate, called a bezant, on which is placed a dove, in his proper color, to honor Saint Fabian, the Bishop's baptismal patron.
    • The bezant or gold roundel is one of the three of St. Nicholas, to whom the first church in Norton was dedicated.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French besant, from Latin Byzantius 'Byzantine'. sense 2 dates from the late 15th century.

Rhymes

omnipresent, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, present
 
 

Definition of bezant in US English:

bezant

nounˈbezəntˈbɛzənt
  • 1historical A gold or silver coin originally minted at Byzantium.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Al-Kamil sent back a second time, adding 30,000 bezants cash to compensate for the two castles, but again the offer was rejected.
    • The Byzantine society functioned very successfully economically for a thousand years using the pure bezant gold coin.
    • Gold and silver were still available in abundance there and trade flourished, based on the gold bezant.
    • Once in the eastern Mediterranean they bought up the local gold bezant coins of the Byzantine empire or Arabic dinars and ultimately these became a source of gold for Europe.
    • But the success of the past two seasons mean that the standard emblazoned with four bezants or gold coins, to symbolise both wealth and wheels of a car is apt.
  • 2Heraldry
    A roundel or (i.e. a solid gold circle).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the middle of this aisle, on a raised tomb, is a cross-legged mail, and a pointed helmet of the same, his head reclined on a double cushion to the right, his hands elevated; on his shield a bend between six crosses botone, charged with only one bezant.
    • In the center of these arms is a gold (yellow) plate, called a bezant, on which is placed a dove, in his proper color, to honor Saint Fabian, the Bishop's baptismal patron.
    • The bezant or gold roundel is one of the three of St. Nicholas, to whom the first church in Norton was dedicated.
    • The sign of the bezant is borne by those deemed worthy of trust and treasure.
    • At the end the bezant has a designed belt in a shape of 2 interlaced birch branches with leaves and garden-stuff. The shield is decorated with a crown with 3 pinks.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French besant, from Latin Byzantius ‘Byzantine’. bezant (sense 2) dates from the late 15th century.

 
 
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