Melkite in a sentence

Melkite meaning

1. In 5th-century Syria and Egypt, a sobriquet applied to Chalcedonians by their opponents, denoting the Chalcedonians' fidelity to the Byzantine emperor.
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.

Using Melkite

• The main meaning on this page is: In 5th-century Syria and Egypt, a sobriquet applied to Chalcedonians by their opponents, denoting the Chalcedonians' fidelity to the Byzantine emperor. | 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. | A member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church; ellipsis of Catholic Melkite.
• Useful related words include: melchite, christian.

Context around Melkite

• Average sentence length in these examples: 16.8 words
• Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
• Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Melkite

• In this selection, "melkite" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, george, late, see, catholic, archbishop and christian stand out and add context to how "melkite" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include st george melkite catholic church and the late melkite archbishop georges. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "melkite" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.