See also:

• MELCHITES (lit. Royalists, from Syriac melcha, a king)

MELCHITES (lit. Royalists, from See also:

• SYRIAC

Syriac melcha, a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king)  , the name given in the 5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century to those Christians who adhered to the creed supported by the authority of the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor . The See also:

• MELCHITES (lit. Royalists, from Syriac melcha, a king)

Melchites therefore are those who accept the decrees of See also:

• EPHESUS
• EPHESUS, COUNCIL OF

Ephesus and See also:

• CHALCEDON
• CHALCEDON, COUNCIL OF

Chalcedon as distinguished from the See also:

• NESTORIANS

Nestorians and Jacobite See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church (qq.v.) . They follow the Orthodox Eastern See also:

• LITURGY (Low Lat. liturgia; Gr. X€Zros, public, and Epyov, work; )Aetrovpy6s, a public servant)

liturgy, ceremonial and See also:

• CALENDAR

calendar, but acknowledge the papal and doctrinal authority of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . They number about 8o,000, are found in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine and See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, and are under the immediate See also:

• RULE

rule of the See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus and twelve bishops .