Melchite

 [mel-kahyt]  

Mel·chite

   [mel-kahyt]
noun
1.
a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to the Melchites.

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Also, Melkite.

Origin:
1610–20; < Medieval Latin Melchīta < Medieval Greek Melchī́tēs royalist, equivalent to melch- < Syriac malkā king (or < a derivative adj. of appurtenance) + -ītēs -ite1
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Melchite (ˈmɛlkaɪt)
 
—adj
1.  of or relating to the Uniat Greek Catholic Church in Syria, Egypt, and Israel
 
—n
2.  a member of this Church
 
[C17: from Church Latin Melchīta, from Medieval Greek Melkhītēs, literally: royalist, from Syriac malkā king]

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