1. maronite - Noun
2. maronite - Adjective
One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to Gelber, in June 1947, Ben-Gurion "arrived at an agreement with the Maronite religious leadership in Lebanon that cost a few thousand pounds and kept Lebanon's army out of the War of Independence and the military Arab coalition." Source: Internet
Another destabilizing factor was France's support for the Maronite Christians against the Druze which in turn led the British to back the Druze, exacerbating religious and economic tensions between the two communities. Source: Internet
Grade One learners from Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic School were received warmly on their first day of schooling on January 15. Source: Internet
French intervention on behalf of the Maronites did not help the Maronite national movement, since France was restricted in 1860 by Britain, which did not want the Ottoman Empire dismembered. Source: Internet
Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rahi, defended during Sunday Mass service, the Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, asking: “Who benefits from the destabilization of the position of the central bank governor? Source: Internet
Jumblatt represented the increasingly disaffected Druze, who were both shut out from official power and angered at the growing ties with the Maronites by Bashir II, who was himself a Maronite Christian. Source: Internet