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Bezant   Listen
noun
Bezant  n.  
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.
3.
A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.





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"Bezant" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Not a bezant of which I have the bequeathing. She has something from Willebald, and her dull husband makes a livelihood. 'Twill suffice for the female brats, of whom she has brought three into the world to cumber it.... By the Gospels, she will lie on the bed she has made. ...
— The Path of the King • John Buchan


Words linked to "Bezant" :   bezzant, solidus, coin


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