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Melchisédech

/mɛl.ʃi.ze.dɛk/

proper noun/mɛl.ʃi.ze.dɛk/

a male given name from Hebrew, of historical usage, equivalent to English Melchizedek

Melchisédech Thévenot, b. ca. 1620

Borrowed from Latin Melchisedech, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מַלְכֵּי־צֶדֶק.