Melchite

Also spelled �Melkite, � any of the Christians of Syria and Egypt who accepted the ruling of the Council of Chalcedon (451) affirming the two natures - divine and human - of Christ. Because they shared the theological position of the Byzantine emperor, they were derisively termed Melchites - that is, Royalists or Emperor's Men (from Syriac malka: �king�) - by those who rejected the Chalcedonian definition