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    MELCHITE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalemplay

    Synonyms:

    Melchite; Melkite

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("Melchite" is a kind of...):

    Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    An eastern Christian in Egypt or Syria who adheres to the Orthodox faith as defined by the council of Chalcedon in 451 and as accepted by the Byzantine emperorplay

    Synonyms:

    Melchite; Melkite

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("Melchite" is a kind of...):

    Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

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