Maronite: Meaning and Definition of

Mar•o•nite

Pronunciation: (mar'u-nīt"), [key]
— n.
  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. Also called
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