Maronite


Mar·o·nite

M0117800 (măr′ə-nīt′)n. A member of an Eastern Catholic church, chiefly of Lebanon, the liturgy of which is written in Syriac.
[Medieval Latin marōnīta, after Maro, fourth-century ad Syrian religious leader.]
Mar′o·nite′ adj.

Maronite

(ˈmærəˌnaɪt) n (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a member of a body of Uniats of Syrian origin, now living chiefly in Lebanon[C16: from Late Latin Marōnīta, after Maro, 5th-century Syrian monk]

Mar•o•nite

(ˈmær əˌnaɪt)

n. a member of a Uniate church, chiefly in Lebanon, having a Syriac liturgy. [1505–15; < Medieval Latin Marōnīta, allegedly after St. Maron or Maro (d. 407), a Syrian monastic; see -ite1]