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Melchite

noun Mel·chite \ ˈmel-ˌkīt \
variants: or Melkite

Definition of Melchite

1 : an Eastern Christian chiefly of Syria and Egypt adhering to Chalcedonian orthodoxy in preference to Monophysitism
2 : a member of a Uniate body derived from the Melchites

Origin and Etymology of melchite

New Latin Melchita, from Middle Greek Melchitēs, from Syriac malkāyā, from malkā king

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