Associations to the word «Justinian»

Wiktionary

JUSTINIAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to Justinian I, Emperor of the Byzantine or East Roman Empire from 527 to 565.

Dictionary definition

JUSTINIAN, noun. 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).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats