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Bezant - Wikipedia
The term bezant (Old French: besant, from Latin bizantius aureus) was used in Western Europe to describe several gold coins of the east.
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BEZANT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. solidus sense 1 2. a flat disk used in architectural ornament Word History Etymology Middle English besant, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin Byzantius ...
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Bezant - Harry Potter Wiki - Fandom
A bezant was a coin, made of gold or silver, minted in the Byzantine Empire and used for currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
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bezant
bezant, byzant (ˈbɛzənt, bɪˈzɑːnt, -æ-) Forms: 3 (Orm.) beȝȝsannt, 3–7 besand(e, 4 (pl.) besaunce, 4–5 besaund(e, -unt(e, -wnt, bessant, -aun, 4–9 besant(e, bezaunde, -nt, 6 beasaunte, beisand, 6–7 (pl.) basence, beazance, 7–9 bi-, byzant, 7– bezant. [a. OF. besan (pl. besanz):—L. byzantius (sc. num...
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bezant - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Old French. edit. Noun. edit. bezant oblique singular, m (oblique plural bezanz or bezantz, nominative singular bezanz or bezantz, nominative plural bezant).
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BEZANT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Bezant definition: Also bezzant the gold solidus of the Byzantine Empire, widely circulated in the Middle Ages.. See examples of BEZANT used in a sentence.
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Bezant - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Besant, from Old French and Latin byzantius meaning "coin of Byzantium," originated as a gold coin issued by Constantinople emperors around 1200, ...
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bezant - definition and meaning - Wordnik
noun (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant . noun A decoration of a flat surface, as ...
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BEZANT definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
bezant in British English · 1. a medieval Byzantine gold coin · 2. architecture. an ornament in the form of a flat disc · 3. heraldry. a small gold circle.
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bezant, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun bezant is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for bezant is from around 1175, ...
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Bezantée
Bezantée, bezantie or bezanty is an ornamentation consisting of roundels. In architecture, bezantée moulding was much used in the Norman period.
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bezanty
bezanty, ppl. a. Her. (bɪˈzɑːntɪ, -æ-) Also 7–9 bezantee. In 5 englished as besantid, besauntid. [a. F. besantée, f. besant, bezant.] Charged with or formed of bezants.1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. C iij b, He berith gowles a cros besauntid. c 1630 Risdon Surv. Devon §192 (1810) 206 These Vaultorts bear...
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Besant
Besant may refer to:
Besant (surname)
Besant, Saskatchewan
Besant Nagar, area of Chennai
See also
Bezant, coin
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Beasant
Because of the circular nature of the coins the word byzantius, or bezant, as it travelled across Europe, came to mean the 'circle or disk' represented
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