/mel"kuyt/ , n.
1. a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in A.D. 451.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to the Melchites.
Also, Melkite .
[ 1610-20; Melchita Melchítes royalist, equiv. to melch- malka king (or -ites -ITE 1 ]