Melkite (English, noun)
expansion: Melkite (plural Melkites)
Senses:
glosses: In 5th-century Syria and Egypt, a sobriquet applied to Chalcedonians by their opponents, denoting the Chalcedonians' fidelity to the Byzantine emperor.
tags: historical
glosses: A member of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch or the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem; ellipsis of Orthodox Melkite.
raw_tags: since the Great Schism
glosses: A member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church; ellipsis of Catholic Melkite.
raw_tags: since 1724
Forms:
form: Melkites
tags: plural
form: Melchite
tags: alternative