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- noun A member of the
Maronite Church
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Examples
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We may regard 1926 as a culmination of this courtship, when the French midwifed the birth of the Republic of Lebanon for their Maronite Christian clients, partly in response to the sectarian violence that had engulfed the region in the 1860s.
Christian C. Sahner: Winter for Christians in the Arab Spring? Christian C. Sahner 2011
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Lebanon's power-sharing system requires that the president be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim and the parliament speaker a Shi'ite Muslim.
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Lebanon's power-sharing system requires that the president be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim and the parliament speaker a Shi'ite Muslim.
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We may regard 1926 as a culmination of this courtship, when the French midwifed the birth of the Republic of Lebanon for their Maronite Christian clients, partly in response to the sectarian violence that had engulfed the region in the 1860s.
Christian C. Sahner: Winter for Christians in the Arab Spring? Christian C. Sahner 2011
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Mr. Raad and his father, a Maronite Christian entrepreneur, would "go out into the city after a night of shelling" and take pictures.
A Prize Born in Violence J.S. Marcus 2011
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We may regard 1926 as a culmination of this courtship, when the French midwifed the birth of the Republic of Lebanon for their Maronite Christian clients, partly in response to the sectarian violence that had engulfed the region in the 1860s.
Christian C. Sahner: Winter for Christians in the Arab Spring? Christian C. Sahner 2011
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The local Maronite Christian villagers called MECAS the “School for Spies.”
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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The local Maronite Christian villagers called MECAS the “School for Spies.”
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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So a Maronite Christian could serve as president of Lebanon but unequivocally support an opposition led by the Islamic Resistance.
A Privilege to Die Thanassis Cambanis 2010
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Since independence in 1943, Lebanon's president has always been a Maronite Christian, its prime minister a Sunni Muslim, and its speaker of parliament a Shiite Muslim.
Adla Massoud: Secular Lebanon: A Myth? Adla Massoud 2010
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