melchite

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

Mel=chite

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun melchite has 2 senses

melchite(n = noun.person) melkite - 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;

is a kind of christian

melchite(n = noun.person) melkite - an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem;

is a kind of christian

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CIDE DICTIONARY

melchite, n. [Heb. melek king.].

One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the Eastern Church. [1913 Webster]