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

The displacement, in which some Lebanese have had to seek new shelter multiple times, said Gebran Bassil, who leads the Free Patriotic Movement, a Maronite Christian party allied with Hezbollah, evokes the mass evacuations seen in Gaza.

From Los Angeles Times

Aitou, a Maronite Christian community located in the mountains near the north-western coastal city of Tripoli, was not a place which would have expected to be attacked.

From BBC

As it stands, it was just in time, said Father George Al-Amil, a Maronite priest in Ain Ebel.

From Los Angeles Times

It was all caught on a live stream - beamed out over the internet to the local congregation and beyond, the news spreading quickly in Assyrian, Maronite, Catholic and Coptic Christian communities.

From BBC

Politically, the presidency is given to a Maronite Christian, the parliament speaker post to a Shiite Muslim and the prime minister’s post to a Sunni Muslim.

From Seattle Times