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Justinian

jus·ti·nian

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noun

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)

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Borrowed from Latin Iūstīniānus, from Iūstīnus (“Justin”) + -iānus.

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