GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Bezant , n. [See Byzant.]
   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.]
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   (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant.
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   A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.
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   { Byzant , Byzantine  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.
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