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Mel⋅chite

  [mel-kahyt]
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–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.
Also, Melkite.

Origin:
1610–20; < ML Melchīta < MGk Melchtēs royalist, equiv. to melch- < Syriac malkā king (or < a deriv. adj. of appurtenance) + -ītēs -ite 1
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Mel·chite   (měl'kīt)   
n.  Variant of Melkite.
Mel·kite or Mel·chite   (měl'kīt)   
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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