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MELCHITE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem

Synonyms:

Melchite; Melkite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Melchite" is a kind of...):

Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An eastern Christian in Egypt or Syria who adheres to the Orthodox faith as defined by the council of Chalcedon in 451 and as accepted by the Byzantine emperor

Synonyms:

Melchite; Melkite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Melchite" is a kind of...):

Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

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