Mar·o·nite (m r  -n t )n. A member of a Christian Uniat church, chiefly of Lebanon, the liturgy of which is written in Syriac. [Medieval Latin mar  nta, after Maro, fourth-century a.d. Syrian religious leader.]Mar o·nite adj. |
Maronite [ˈmærəˌnaɪt]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a member of a body of Uniats of Syrian origin, now living chiefly in Lebanon
[from Late Latin Marōnīta, after Maro, 5th-century Syrian monk]
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