noun
Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Roman Emperor, ↑Emperor of Rome
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—Constantinian /kon'steuhn tin"ee euhn/, adj.
/kon"steuhn teen', -tuyn'/
1. (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus) ("the Great") A.D. 288?-337, Roman emperor 324-337: named Constantinople as the new capital; legally sanctioned Christian worship.
2. 1868-1923, king of Greece 1913-17, 1920-22.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.