melkite

Noun melkite has 2 senses

• melkite(n = noun.person) melchite - 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

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