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bezant

[ bez-uhnt, bih-zant ]

noun

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


bezant

/ ˈbɛzənt; bɪˈzænt /

noun

  1. a medieval Byzantine gold coin
  2. architect an ornament in the form of a flat disc
  3. heraldry a small gold circle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bezant1

1150–1200; Middle English besant < Old French < Latin byzantius (nummus) “Byzantine (coin)”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bezant1

C13: from Old French besant , from Medieval Latin Bӯzantius Byzantine (coin)
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Example Sentences

Trussel’s fret is remarkable for its bezants at the joints, which stand, doubtless, for the golden nail-heads of the “trellis” suggested by his name.

A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant.

As sure as that I have six silver bezants Upon a field of azure.

Cole of Cornwall bears, inter alia, a bordure sable, charged alternately with bezants and annulets.

Erm. on a chief indented G. three ducks A. Crest: a fox az. bezant� collared with a coronet O. AMANUENSIS.

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