Maronite

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• Sunnis have found it difficult to come to terms with this shift, especially in view of Maronite vaunting of their heritage of fidelity to authenticity, fondness for democracy, and respect for the conscience of the human individual.

  Academic text (2013)

• Maronite estrangement from the body politic is also indicated by their pronounced sense of helplessness.

  Academic text (1999)

• The overall patterns of Maronite and Orthodox preferences were very similar to each other.

  Academic text (1999)

• Hizbullah also has many rivals within Lebanon, including the Maronite Christian opposition.

  Academic text (2003)

• Sunnis became junior partners in ruling Lebanon with the Christian Maronite population after independence in 1943.

  Academic text (2013)

• The Vatican also works with and through Maronite and Melkite Catholics in Lebanon.

  Academic text (1997)

• We have settled at a table in an outdoor café, my family and our acquaintance Miriam, a Maronite attorney.

  Academic text (2010)

• But most surprising and perplexing was the change of heart of Bishara Boutros Rai since his appointment as Maronite patriarch in March 2011.

  Academic text (2012)

• Likewise, for some Maronite nationalists, Tripoli's inclusion in Lebanon threatened the slight Christian majority reported by the 1932 population census.

  Academic text (2011)

• The Maronite community celebrated their annual festival with traditional music and dancing.

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