Definitions for Melchite

Melchite Mel·chite

Spelling: [mel-kahyt]
IPA: /ˈmɛl kaɪt/

Melchite is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 208 anagrams from letters in Melchite (ceehilmt).

Definitions for Melchite

noun

  1. a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Melchites.

Origin of Melchite

1610-20; Medieval Latin Melchīta Medieval Greek Melchī́tēs royalist, equivalent to melch- Syriac malkā king (or -ītēs -ite1

Examples for Melchite

This proved to be the Melchite patriarch, for in those days Koptic priests practised medicine and cultivated other sciences.

He had come to-night prompted by his desire to see the condemned Melchite.

And what business had a Melchite at Memphis, under the roof of a good Jacobite?

Melampus, the chief shipbuilder, was a Greek and a zealous Melchite, though he no longer dared to confess his creed openly.

A grandson of Menas, the brother of two martyrs for our glorious faith, married to a Melchite!

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