Melchite

[ mel-kahyt ]

noun

1. Melkite ( def ).

Melchite

/ ˈmɛlkaɪt /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Uniat Greek Catholic Church in Syria, Egypt, and Israel

noun

1. a member of this Church

Word History and Origins

Origin of Melchite¹

C17: from Church Latin Melchīta, from Medieval Greek Melkhītēs, literally: royalist, from Syriac malkā king

Example Sentences

This proved to be the Melchite patriarch, for in those days Koptic priests practised medicine and cultivated other sciences.

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A grandson of Menas, the brother of two martyrs for our glorious faith, married to a Melchite!

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Melampus, the chief shipbuilder, was a Greek and a zealous Melchite, though he no longer dared to confess his creed openly.

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And what business had a Melchite at Memphis, under the roof of a good Jacobite?

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He had come to-night prompted by his desire to see the condemned Melchite.

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