melchite

n. 【宗教】、(古埃及、古敘利亞等的)正宗東方基督教徒

a. (古埃及、古敘利亞等的)正宗東方基督教徒的、東儀天主教徒的[亦作 Melkite]

英文釋義

1. 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
2. an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriarchate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem