Definition of "besant" []

• Alternative form of bezant. (noun)

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• "I refuse your munificence; a besant from your worthy hand, or that of your noble-minded lady, were centupled in its value, by the eminence of the persons from whom it came."
• "If I do not carry away thy head with me, I am not worth a counterfeit besant."
• "And she arranged the service thus: every knight offered a candle and a silver penny, and the King offered a candle and a besant; all at the expense of my Lady of Sajetta."