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Webster 1913 Edition


Bezant

Be-zant′

,
Noun.
[See
Byzant
.]
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.
Burke.
3.
A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bezant

BEZ'ANT

,
Noun.
A gold coin of Byzantium. [See Byzant.]