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Meaning of Melkite in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈmɛlkaɪt/

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  1. Noun

    Melkite

    Etymology

    early 17th century: via Church Latin from Byzantine Greek Melkhitai, plural representing Syriac malkāyā‘royalists’ (i.e. expressing agreement with the Byzantine emperor), from malkā‘king’

    Definitions

    1. an eastern Christian in Egypt or Syria who adheres to the Orthodox faith as defined by the council of Chalcedon in 451 and as accepted by the Byzantine emperor
  2. 2. an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriachate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem

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