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

Jussuf, the Melchite Patriarch of Antioch, came next with an apology for the Oriental Churches and their liberties.

From Project Gutenberg

How deeply their national feeling was mixed up with their heresy is shown by the name of Melchites or Royalists, which they gave to their opponents.

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And by these names of Melchites and Jacobites, the remnants of the old Christian parties in the East are known to this day.

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Their zeal for purity of doctrine amounted to fanaticism; their hatred of the Nestorian and of the Melchite at times reached a white heat.

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The number of Greek Catholics or Melchites, has been almost doubled, so great is the number of conversions.

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