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Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Melchita, from Byzantine Greek Μελχίτης (Melkhítēs), from Classical Syriac ܡܠܟܝܐ + Byzantine Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). See these for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛlˈkit/
- Hyphenation: mel‧kiet
- Rhymes: -it
Noun
melkiet m (plural melkieten)
- (historical) Melkite (in 5th-century Syria and Egypt, sobriquet applied to Chalcedonians)
- Melkite (member of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch or the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
- Melkite (member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church)