Melchite

(mel′kīt′)

noun

a member of the Eastern Church of the Byzantine rite, as in Egypt, Israel, and Syria

Origin: ModL Melchita < MGr melchitēs, lit., a royalist < Heb mēlekh, king

See Melchite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Variant of Melkite.

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