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Webster 1913 Edition

Maronite

Mar′o-nite

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Maronites
.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one
Maron
of the 6th century.

Definition 2024

Maronite

Maronite

See also: maronite

English

Noun

Maronite ‎(plural Maronites)

  1. One of a Pre-Arab Semitic Christian ethnoreligious group in the Levant.

maronite

maronite

See also: Maronite

French

Adjective

maronite m, f ‎(plural maronites)

  1. Maronite

Noun

maronite m, f ‎(plural maronites)

  1. Maronites

Italian

Adjective

maronite

  1. feminine plural of maronita

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

maronite

  1. vocative masculine singular of maronitus

Etymology

Maron +‎ -ite, after the Syriac saint Mar Maron, whose followers moved to Mount Lebanon from northern Syria, establishing the Maronite Church.

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