MARONITES

a sect Of Christians, established about the 7th century, whose name is connected with the monastery of St. Maron. They inhabit the clstrict In the neighbourhood of Mount Lebanon, Syria, and at the present time number about 250,000. Tho sect became a part of the Roman Catholic Church in the 13th century, though in some instances their regulations differ from those of that — Seen ant Le fact that their P ere marry. [s. 207]