Maronite

[ mar-uh-nahyt ]

noun

1. a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.

Maronite

/ ˈmærəˌnaɪt /

noun

1. Christianity a member of a body of Uniats of Syrian origin, now living chiefly in Lebanon

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maronite¹

1505–15; < Late Latin Marōnīta, named after St. Maron, 4th-century monk, founder of the sect; -ite ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maronite¹

C16: from Late Latin Marōnīta, after Maro, 5th-century Syrian monk

Example Sentences

This happened more than once to right-wing Maronite forces, a left-wing/Palestinian alliance, Israel, and, eventually, even Syria.

From The Daily Beast

It is a spring of massacres, destruction and violence, as Patriarch Beshara al-Rai, the head of Lebanon's Maronite Church, put it.

From The Daily Beast

Wrote to ——, a friendly Maronite bishop, to give me whatever information he might be able to procure respecting Shidiak.

From Project Gutenberg

The Maronite clergy exercised an unquestioned influence over their flocks.

From Project Gutenberg

In March, 1865, a Maronite woman called at the Press to buy a book of poems, to teach her boy to read.

From Project Gutenberg

During that fast of 1866, a Maronite fellah came into Beirût driving a herd of swine to the market.

From Project Gutenberg

The Maronite candidate for the church sat smiling, as if he thought he would now be received at once.

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