bez·ant

(bĕz′ənt, bə-zănt′)

2. Architecture A flat disk used as an ornament.

[Middle English besant, from Old French, from Medieval Latin Bȳzantius, from Latin, of Byzantium.]

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bezant

(ˈbɛzənt; bɪˈzænt) or

bezzant

1. a medieval Byzantine gold coin

2. (Architecture) architect an ornament in the form of a flat disc

3. (Heraldry) heraldry a small gold circle

[C13: from Old French besant, from Medieval Latin Bӯzantius Byzantine (coin)]

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bez•ant

(ˈbɛz ənt, bɪˈzænt)

n.

1. the gold solidus of the Byzantine Empire.

2. a disklike architectural ornament.

[1150–1200; Middle English < Old French < Medieval Latin byzantius (nummus) Byzantine (coin)]

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Noun

bezant - a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages

bezzant, byzant, solidus

coin - a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

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15 June 2017 - UK-based mineral exploration and development company Bezant (AIM: BZT) has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Panamanian special purpose vehicle Kellstown Investments Corp., the company said.

Bezant Resources Closes Acquisition of Panamanian Special Purpose Vehicle Kellstown Investments

Jemma Bezant We had more than a dusting in Dowlais.

WEBCHAT; Many parts of Wales woke up to a dusting of snow yesterday

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Cael y teimlad bod rhywun yn bresennol ac yn fy ngwylio pan oeddwn yn cerdded at y drws

Dr Jemma Bezant, of UWTSD's School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology, said: "We are aiming to locate the medieval chapel and learn more about the extent of the cemetery using 18th-century estate maps and a 17th-century depiction of the mansion to guide our excavations."

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Yesterday, Mark Bezant, senior managing director of FTI Consulting, told the High Court in London he and his team spent nearly four months producing a huge chart showing Young's alleged business structures.

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One of the friends, Barbara Bezant, said that in 1963, she and her pal and Lyn Jeffries were big Beatles fans, so they made a reel-to-reel tape in their bedrooms with silly sound effects and funny voices, which lasted about 15 minutes, and posted it to them, the Daily Express reported.

Schoolgirls' message to the Beatles gets answered after 50 years

But buttressed by a consistent if not altogether enlightened legal system in the Code of Justinian and a stable currency, the bezant, Byzantium carried the light of civilization through the darkest centuries of the Middle Ages.

Carrying america forward: with the prospect of the financial insolvency of the United States becoming more likely with every dollar added to the U.S. deficit, Americans worry about the country's future