- comnenian
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comnenian — (ˈ)käm|nēnēən adjective Usage: capitalized Etymology: Comnenus, Byzantine noble family + English ian : of or belonging to a Byzantine dynasty of the 11th to the 15th centuries … Useful english dictionary
Comnenus — Comnenian /kom nee nee euhn/, adj. /kom nee neuhs/, n. a dynasty of Byzantine emperors that ruled at Constantinople, 1057? 1185, and at Trebizond in Asia Minor, 1204 1461?. * * * (as used in expressions) Alexius I Comnenus Andronicus I Comnenus… … Universalium
Comnenus — Comnenian /kom nee nee euhn/, adj. /kom nee neuhs/, n. a dynasty of Byzantine emperors that ruled at Constantinople, 1057? 1185, and at Trebizond in Asia Minor, 1204 1461? … Useful english dictionary
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Alexius I Comnenus — born 1048, Constantinople died Aug. 15, 1118 Byzantine emperor (1081–1118). An experienced military leader, he seized the Byzantine throne in 1081, driving back the invading Normans and Turks and founding the Comnenian dynasty. Alexius increased… … Universalium
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