Maronite

[ mar-uh-nahyt ]

/ ˈmær əˌnaɪt /

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noun

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.

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Also called Maronite Christian.

Origin of Maronite

1505–15; <Late Latin Marōnīta, named after St. Maron, 4th-century monk, founder of the sect; see -ite¹

Words nearby Maronite

marmot, Marne, Maroc, marocain, Maroni, Maronite, maroon, marooned, Maroon Peak, maroquin, maror

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How to use Maronite in a sentence

This happened more than once to right-wing Maronite forces, a left-wing/Palestinian alliance, Israel, and, eventually, even Syria.
Is Syria Being 'Lebanized' or is Lebanon Being 'Syrianized'?|Hussein Ibish|August 29, 2013|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.
The Arab Spring Turns Cold|David Frum|March 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Wrote to ——, a friendly Maronite bishop, to give me whatever information he might be able to procure respecting Shidiak.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
The Maronite clergy exercised an unquestioned influence over their flocks.
Tancred|Benjamin Disraeli

In March, 1865, a Maronite woman called at the Press to buy a book of poems, to teach her boy to read.
The Women of the Arabs|Henry Harris Jessup
During that fast of 1866, a Maronite fellah came into Beirût driving a herd of swine to the market.
The Women of the Arabs|Henry Harris Jessup
The Maronite candidate for the church sat smiling, as if he thought he would now be received at once.
The Women of the Arabs|Henry Harris Jessup

British Dictionary definitions for Maronite

Maronite

/ (ˈmærəˌnaɪt) /

noun

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

Word Origin for Maronite

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

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