Maistre

British  

/ mɛstrə /

noun

1. Josephe de (ʒozɛf də). 1753–1821, French writer and diplomat, noted for his extreme reactionary views, expounded in such works as Les Soirées de St Petersbourg (1821)

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Example Sentences

Curiously, the agrarians, ur-Americans of Southern Protestant extraction, were influenced by the leading figure of the French Counter-Enlightenment, the arch-reactionary ultramontane Catholic Joseph de Maistre.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2024

Tenor Rolando Villazon and harpist Xavier de Maistre are to play from their recording “Serenata Latina” at Tully Hall on Dec. 18.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023

Isaiah Berlin, the great historian of western ideas, considered Maistre the true father of reactionary western conservatism, and, indeed, a precursor to the past century's fascist movements.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

There is also a selection of shining motets, two attributed to Leonora d’Este, Lucrezia Borgia’s daughter, who may have also been the recipient of Maistre Jhan’s gorgeous “Ecce amica mea.”

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2022

Within a generation Chateaubriand, de Maistre, Bonald, and de la Mennais were busy refounding the Christian faith.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)