Maronites

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maronite \Mar"o*nite\, n.; pl. {Maronites}. (Eccl. Hist.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]