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Definition of bezant in English: bezantnoun 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: bezantnounˈbezəntˈbɛzənt 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. |