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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Syria |
 | | Aramaic, however, held its ground for a considerable time and traces of it are still to be found in the liturgy of the so-called Syrian, Chaldean, and Maronite Churches, as well as in three villages of the anti-Libanus. |
 | | (2) The Arabian population consists of hadari, or settles, and bedawi (p. |
 | | The settled population is of very mixed origin, but the Bedouins are mostly of mixed Arab blood. |
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