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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565);
[syn: Justinian, Justinian I, Justinian the Great]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Justinian \Jus*tin"i*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Justinian n 1: Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565) [syn: Justinian, Justinian I, Justinian the Great]