| Noun | 1. | Melkite - 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 Synonyms: Melchite |
| 2. | Melkite - an Orthodox Christian or Uniate Christian belonging to the patriachate of Alexandria or Antioch or Jerusalem Synonyms: Melchite |