Melkitism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Support for the imperial Byzantine church and the Council of Chalcedon during the Monophysite controversies from the 5th century onwards. historical, rare, uncountable
"That this is less true of the Syriac tradition may be attributed to the Nestorian Christians’ preference for Muslim rule and culture as opposed to the Melkitism proposed by Constantinople."
Example
More examples"That this is less true of the Syriac tradition may be attributed to the Nestorian Christians’ preference for Muslim rule and culture as opposed to the Melkitism proposed by Constantinople."
Etymology
From Melkite + -ism.
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