Definitions from Wiktionary (Melkite)

▸ noun:  (historical) In 5th-century Syria and Egypt, a sobriquet applied to Chalcedonians by their opponents, denoting the Chalcedonians' fidelity to the Byzantine emperor.
▸ noun:  (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; ellipsis of Orthodox Melkite.
▸ noun:  (since 1724) A member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church; ellipsis of Catholic Melkite.



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