Melkite

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɛlkʌɪt/    美 /ˈmɛlkaɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In 5th-century Syria and Egypt, a sobriquet applied to Chalcedonians by their opponents, denoting the Chalcedonians' fidelity to the Byzantine emperor. historical
    — [...] increasingly a majority in the Egyptian Church as well as other strongholds of Miaphysitism denounced Chalcedonian Christians as ‘Dyophysites’ and sneered at them as ‘the emperor's people’ – Melchites.
  2. A member of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch or the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem; ellipsis of Orthodox Melkite.
  3. A member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church; ellipsis of Catholic Melkite.

词形变化

Melkites plural Melchite alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
Melkite Aramaic Melkitism

词源

From Latin Melchita, from Byzantine Greek Μελχίτης (Melkhítēs), from Classical Syriac ܡܠܟܝܐ (malkāyāʾ, “royal; royalist”) + Byzantine Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). See these for more.
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