Melkite

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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