MELCHITE

Meaning of MELCHITE in English

or Melkite noun Etymology: New Latin Melchita, from Middle Greek Melchitēs, from Syriac malkāyā, from malkā king Date: 1615 an Eastern Christian chiefly of Syria and Egypt adhering to Chalcedonian orthodoxy in preference to Monophysitism, a member of a Uniate body derived from the ~s

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MELCHITE — I. noun or mel·kite ˈmelˌkīt ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Medieval Latin Melchita, from Middle Greek Melchitēs, literally, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MELCHITE — (n.) One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to …
Английский словарь Webster
MELCHITE — ( n. ) One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MELCHITE — /mel"kuyt/ , n. 1. a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MELCHITE — or Mel·kite ˈmel-ˌkīt Etymology: New Latin Melchita, from Middle Greek Melchitēs, from Syriac malkāyā, from malkā king Date: 1615 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MELCHITE — noun one of a sect, chiefly in syria and egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to …
Webster English vocab
MELCHITE — [Mel.chite] or Mel.kite n [ML Melchita, fr. MGk Melchites, lit., royalist, fr. Syriac malka king] (1619) 1: an Eastern Christian …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MELCHITE — also spelled Melkite, any of the Christians of Syria and Egypt who accepted the ruling of the Council of Chalcedon …
Britannica English vocabulary
MELCHITE — Variant: or Mel · kite Pronunciation: ' mel- ˌ k ī t Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Melchita, from Middle …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MELCHITE ALPHABET — noun Usage: usually capitalized M : a Syriac alphabet at first uncial but becoming later cursive and the most deformed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MELKITE — noun see: Melchite
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MELKITE — Usage: usually capitalized variant of melchite
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MALKITE — ˈmalˌkīt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Syriac malkā king + English -ite : melchite
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MELKITE — /mel"kuyt/ , n. , adj. Melchite.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MELKITE — see Melchite
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THEODURUS ABU QURRAH — born c. 750, , Edessa, Mesopotamia died c. 825 Arabic name of Theodore Abu Kurra Syrian Melchite bishop, theologian, and …
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SYRIAC ALPHABET — writing system used by the Syriac Christians from the 1st century AD until about the 14th century. A Semitic alphabet, …
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STATISTICS: LEBANON
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GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF ALEXANDRIA — autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, Eastern Orthodox patriarchate, second in honorific rank after the Church of Constantinople; its patriarch is considered …
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BASILIAN — member of any of several Christian monastic communities of the Byzantine Rite, so named because they claim St. Basil the …
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