Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melkitism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: melkitism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Support for the imperial Byzantine church and the Council of Chalcedon during the Monophysite controversies from the 5th century onwards.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Melkitism is known to be the form of Christianity which was to be divided into Catholic and Orthodox churches."
"The acceptance of Arab conquest served as a means of escaping the doctrinal predicament that most Egyptians found themselves enmeshed in between monophysitism and melkitism."

Etymology

From Melkite + -ism.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does melkitism mean?: Support for the imperial Byzantine church and the Council of Chalcedon during the Monophysite controversies from the 5th century onwards.
Where does melkitism come from?: From Melkite + -ism.

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