Melkite

Meaning

Noun

• A member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church or its corresponding ethnoreligious group.
• An Eastern Christian who adhered to the doctrines agreed by the First Council of Ephesus and the Council of Chalcedon (originally as labelled by opponents); later, an Orthodox Christian using the Byzantine rite and part of the patriarchate of Antioch, Jerusalem or Alexandria, and ultimately forming the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.

Origin

• From Latin Melchita, from Byzantine Greek Μελχίτης, from Classical Syriac ܡܠܟܝܐ, from ܡܠܟܐ, from Proto-Semitic *malk-.