Melkite

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Melkite /ˈmɛlkʌɪt/

▶noun an Orthodox or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Antioch, Jerusalem, or Alexandria.

■ an Eastern Christian adhering to the Orthodox faith as defined by the councils of Ephesus (ad 431) and Chalcedon (ad 451) and as accepted by the Byzantine emperor.

– origin C17: via eccles. L. from Byzantine Gk Melkhitai, pl. representing Syriac malkāyā ‘royalists’ (i.e. expressing agreement with the emperor).

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