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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bezant \Be*zant"\, n. [See {Byzant}.] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also {besant}, {byzant}, etc.] 2. (Her.) A circle in or i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. --Burke. 3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Byzant \Byz"ant\, Byzantine \Byz"an*tine\ (-[a^]n"t[imac]n) n.[OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr LL Byzantius, Byzantinus fr Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. {See Bezant}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: byzant n : a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages [syn: {bezant}, {bezzant}]
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