Melkite
Meaning of Melkite
noun
an Orthodox or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Antioch, Jerusalem, or Alexandria.
early 17th century: via Church Latin from Byzantine Greek Melkhitai, plural representing Syriac malkāyā ‘royalists’ (i.e. expressing agreement with the Byzantine emperor), from malkā ‘king’.
Information about Melkite
- It is a name.
- The plural form of Melkite is: Melkites.
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Hyphenation of Melkite
Melkite
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- Melkite is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Melkite synonyms
Words that rhyme with Melkite
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