Definitions for bezant

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bezant bez·ant

Spelling: [bez-uh nt, bih-zant]

IPA: /ˈbɛz ənt, bɪˈzænt/

Bezant is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in bezant (abentz).

Definitions for bezant

noun

1. Also, bezzant. the gold solidus of the Byzantine Empire, widely circulated in the Middle Ages.
2. Also, byzant. (in Romanesque architecture) any of a number of disklike ornaments, similar in form to the classical patera, used especially on the faces of archivolts.

Origin of bezant

1150-1200; Middle English besant Old French Latin byzantius (nummus) Byzantine (coin)

Examples for bezant

She made no reply, but took from a pocket a bezant, and contrived to throw its yellow gleam in the sentinel's eyes.

A bezant was a gold coin, originally struck at Byzantium, whence the name.

There were moneys of various nations, even to the Spanish pistole and Turkish bezant.

At Samara we find Mr. bezant, one of our consignees, just recovering from the typhus which was contracted in his relief work.