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Melkitism

Melkitism noun: support for the imperial Byzantine church and the Council of Chalcedon during the Monophysite controversies from the 5th century onwards.

Noun

Melkitism (uncountable)

  1. (historical, rare) Support for the imperial Byzantine church and the Council of Chalcedon during the Monophysite controversies from the 5th century onwards.
    • 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.1973, The Tablet, volume 227, page 877
    • Melkitism is known to be the form of Christianity which was to be divided into Catholic and Orthodox churches.2013, Sabri Yılmaz, “A Muslim theologian’s approach to the doctrine of the Trinity: The case of Qadi ‘Abd al-Jabbar”, in The Journal of International Social Research, volume 6, number 24, page 427...

Origin of Melkitism

From Melkite + -ism.

Questions about Melkitism

What does Melkitism mean?
Melkitism means support for the imperial Byzantine church and the Council of Chalcedon during the Monophysite controversies from the 5th century onwards.
What part of speech is Melkitism?
Melkitism is a noun.

Words near Melkitism in the dictionary

  1. melkhout
  2. melkhouts
  3. Melkite
  4. Melkite Aramaic
  5. Melkites
  6. Melkitism
  7. Melkonian
  8. Melkonians
  9. Melkonyan
  10. Melkonyans
  11. melkovite

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