Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun melchite

2 senses of melchite

Sense 1
Melkite, Melchite -- (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 emperor)
       => Christian -- (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Sense 2
Melkite, Melchite -- (an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem)
       => Christian -- (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)