Maronite
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- noun
- /ˈmɛrənaɪt/
- In addition, interview data show that the majority of students at Cedar School (Maronite) considered the official textbook biased since it ignored the history of the Maronites.
- Maronite Patriarch
Examples
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For example, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Tripoli and the North of Lebanon is a Sunni from Tripoli, while his vice president is a Maronite.
Academic text (2000) -
Here it must also be noted that not all of ALI's presidents belonged to the largest Christian sect (Maronite).
Academic text (2000) -
The director of Cedar School (Maronite) said to one of the researchers:
Academic text (2002) -
Somewhere in Koolaids, a diasporic Maronite
Academic text (2018) -
At Ivan's apparition, both were represented with bishops, one Maronite and two Greek Catholic.
Blog text (2) -
Most Catholics of Arabic ethnic background had historical links to Eastern-rite churches, most notably the Maronite and the Melkite.
Academic text (1993) -
We celebrate the Mass in five rites (Latin, Malabar, Malankara, Maronite, and Coptic) and in 12 different languages.
Blog text (20) -
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Sfeir railed against attempts to enact a new controversial decree.
Academic text (2000) -
Interestingly, Muslim females (Sunni, Shiite, and Druze) reported exactly the same mean level of political participation (5.8 compared to the overall mean of 6.3 in the sample) as did Christian females (Maronite and Orthodox).
Academic text (1999) -
As a member of the Maronite Church, she attended weekly services to connect with her faith.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Maronite = Maron (semi-transparent) = Maron + ite
Denominal formation with '-ite' indicating a member or follower of Maron; morphological relation is regular but requires knowledge of the proper name.
Etymology
Maronite comes from the name of Saint Maron, whose followers became a Christian community in Lebanon. So a 'Maronite' is a member or follower of that church.