bezant

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Definition of bezant in English English dictionary: A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe; The heraldic representation of a gold coin; A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign; {i} disklike ornament; A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another; gold, representing the gold coin called bezant; A circle in or, i; a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages; There were also white or silver bezants
bezants: plural of bezant

bezant

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bez·ant

() From Old French besant, nominative bezanz, from Latin Byzantius ‘of Byzantium’.

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