Melkite

melkite English Alternative forms en Melchite Etymology From en la Melchita, from en gkm Μελχίτης, from en syc ܡܠܟܝܐ royal; royalist malkāyāʾ en gkm ῑ́της 1. See these for more. Pronunciation en /ˈmɛlkaɪt/ US en /ˈmɛlkʌɪt/ UK Noun en historical In 5th-century Syria and Egypt, a sobriquet applied to Chalcedonians by their opponents, denoting the Chalcedonians' fidelity to the Byzantine emperor. en 2009 w:Diarmaid MacCulloch A History of Christianity Penguin 233 [...] increasingly a majority in the Egyptian Church as well as other strongholds of Miaphysitism denounced Chalcedonian Christians as ‘Dyophysites’ and sneered at them as ‘the emperor's people’ – Melchites. en since the Great Schism A member of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch or the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem; en Orthodox Melkite 1. en since 1724 A member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church; en Catholic Melkite 1. Derived terms en Melkite Aramaic en Melkitism Translations (all senses) Dutch: nl melkiet m Finnish: fi melkiitti French: fr melchite m f, fr melkite m f German: de Melkite m, de Melkitin f Italian: it melchita Polish: pl melchita m, pl melkita m Portuguese: pt melquita m f Russian: ru мелькит m Spanish: es en Christianity