Maronite
pronunciation
How to pronounce Maronite in British English:
UK [ˈmærənait]
How to pronounce Maronite in American English:
US [ˈmærəˌnaɪt]
Word Origin
- Maronite
- 1510s, from Late Latin Maronita, from Maron, name of the founder. A sect of Syrian Christians (4c.), originally Monothelites, subsequently (1216) united with the Catholic Church.
Example
- 1. A ruined ottoman fort and an exquisite maronite chapel are immediately outside .
- 2. The maronite church , lebanon 's main catholic one , forbids divorce .
- 3. Badr el haj is described as muslim whereas he is maronite christian .
- 4. The tiny maronite chapel is just in front of the huge new blue mosque , and there 's a perfectly restored orthodox church next to a catholic cathedral .
- 5. Why we don 't know it : a census would likely reveal the uncomfortable truth -- for lebanon 's maronite christians -- that their numbers have been slipping as a percentage of the population .