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Melkites'
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Mel·kite or Mel·chite     (měl'kīt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A member of the Christian churches in Egypt and Syria that accepted the Council of Chalcedon.
  2. A member of a Christian church using the Byzantine rite and belonging to the patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch, or Jerusalem, especially a Uniat Christian.

[New Latin Melchītae, Melkites, from Medieval Greek Melkhītai, from Aramaic malkāye, pl. of malkāy, royal, royalist, from malkā, king; see mlk in Semitic roots.]
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