资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Melchite \Mel"chite\, n. [Heb. melek king.] (Eccl. Hist.)
   One of a sect, chiefly in Syria and Egypt, which acknowledges
   the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and
   ceremonies of the Eastern Church.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Melchite
     n 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 [syn: {Melkite}]
     2: an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the
        patriachate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem [syn: {Melkite}]