Melchite

Mel·chite

noun

Variant of Melkite

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Noun

(plural Melchites)

Alternative form of Melkite.

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In the Greek and Greek-Melchite FIG.I.
Of these the four greater patriarchates are those of Alexandria (with two patriarchs, Latin and Coptic); Anticch (with four, Latin, Graeco-Melchite, Maronite and Syriac); Constantinople (Latin) and Jerusalem (Latin).
2 Armenian, 3 Graeco-Melchite, 3 Syriac, 2 SyroChaldaic, 6 Syro-Maronite.
15 Armenian, 2 Coptic, 9 Graeco-Melchite, 5 Syriac, 9 Syro-Chaldaic, 2 Syro-Melchite.
(a) The Melchite (Patriarchatus Antiochenus Graeco-Melchitarum).

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