Melchite

[ mel-kahyt ]

/ ˈmɛl kaɪt /

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noun, adjective

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How to use Melchite in a sentence

This proved to be the Melchite patriarch, for in those days Koptic priests practised medicine and cultivated other sciences.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 11 (of 12)|S. Rappoport
A grandson of Menas, the brother of two martyrs for our glorious faith, married to a Melchite!
The Bride of the Nile, Complete|Georg Ebers
Melampus, the chief shipbuilder, was a Greek and a zealous Melchite, though he no longer dared to confess his creed openly.
The Bride of the Nile, Complete|Georg Ebers
And what business had a Melchite at Memphis, under the roof of a good Jacobite?
The Bride of the Nile, Complete|Georg Ebers

He had come to-night prompted by his desire to see the condemned Melchite.
The Bride of the Nile, Complete|Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for Melchite

Melchite

/ (ˈmɛlkaɪt) Eastern Churches /

adjective

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

noun

a member of this Church

Word Origin for Melchite

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

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