Variant: or Mel · kite
Pronunciation: ' mel- ˌ k ī t
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Melchita, from Middle Greek Melchit ē s, from Syriac malk ā y ā , from malk ā king
Date: 1615
1 : an Eastern Christian chiefly of Syria and Egypt adhering to Chalcedonian orthodoxy in preference to Monophysitism
2 : a member of a Uniate body derived from the Melchites