[Also in mod.F., ad. Gr. χολχυτής (of Egyptian deriv.) found in papyri (see Dindorf in Steph. Thesaurus, s.v.).] In Egyptian Antiquities, one whose business it was to provide the liturgical services, libations, and prayers for the deceased. (Littré.)
1878. Wilkinson, Mann. Anc. Egypt (ed. Birch), III. 449. Colchyte or Ritual Reader.
1880. L. Wallace, Ben-Hur, V. iii. 302. A colchyte presumed one day to speak to him.
