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Mar"a*can (?), n. [Braz.
maracaná.] (Zoöl.) A macaw.

||Ma*rai" (?), n. A sacred
inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific
Ocean.

Mar`a*nath"a (?), n. [Aramaic
māran athā.] "Our Lord cometh;" -- an
expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to
the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing
persons for great crimes; as much as to say, "May the Lord come
quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes." See Anathema
maranatha, under Anathema.

Ma*ran"ta (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some
species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large
amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea)
arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for
ornament.

||Ma`ra*schi"no (?), n. [It., fr.
marasca, amarasca, a sour cherry, L. amarus
bitter.] A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and
flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in
Dalmatia.


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