- Melchite⇄adj. of or having to do with the Melchites. Also, Melkite.
- Melchite⇄Melchite, noun, adjective.
- Melchite⇄noun 1. (formerly, in Syria, Palestine, and Egypt) an orthodox Eastern Christian, originally as distinguished from a Monophysite or a Nestorian.
2. one of the Uniat Christians of these countries.