a. and sb.; also 7 biz-. [f. L. Bȳzantius belonging to Byzantium: see -AN.] = next.
a. 1619. Fotherby, Atheom., I. vi. § 2 (1622), 44. Doest thou sweare, like a Bizantian, by their yron pence?
1861. Lytton, Str. Story, xxxv. This casket … of ancient Byzantian workmanship.
1879. Sir G. Scott, Recollect., v. 210. Byzantine in all forms but those used by the Byzantians.
