melchizedek

== Polish == === Alternative forms === melchizedech === Etymology === From Melchizedek, a king and priest mentioned in the book of Genesis; contemporary of Abraham. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛl.xiˈzɛ.dɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛdɛk Syllabification: mel‧chi‧ze‧dek Homophone: Melchizedek === Noun === melchizedek m inan (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) lunette, luna (crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the consecrated host upright when exposed in the monstrance) Synonyms: melchizedech, lunula ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “melchizedek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)