Maurist

[ mawr-ist ]

noun

1. a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.

Maurist

/ ˈməʊrɪst /

noun

1. a member of a congregation of French Benedictine monks founded in 1621 and noted for its scholarly work

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maurist¹

1790–1800; St. Maur 6th-century French monk and disciple of St. Benedict + -ist

Word History and Origins

Origin of Maurist¹

C19: named after St Maurus , 6th-century disciple of St Benedict

Example Sentences

An edition of his works prepared by the Maurist, Antoine Beaugendre, and entitled Venerabilis Hildeberti, primo Cenomannensis episcopi, deinde Turonensis archiepiscopi, opera tam edita quam inedita, was published in Paris in 1708 and was reprinted with additions by J. J. Bourass� in 1854.

From Project Gutenberg

Maurist, maw′rist, n. a member of the reformed Benedictine Congregation of St Maur, settled from 1618 at the abbey of St Maur-sur-Loire, near Saumur, notable for its great services to learning.

From Project Gutenberg

The important task of publishing them in that manner was at length undertaken by Dom Ruinart, a Maurist monk, in his Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta.

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Dom Freville, the Maurist monk, and curate of St. Symphorian's, at     the abbey of St. Germain-des-Prez, has nevertheless made use of     these pieces in a MS. history of the life and translations of this     saint, which he has compiled, and of which he allowed me the     perusal.

From Project Gutenberg

Dom Coutant, the most judicious and learned Maurist monk, has given an accurate edition of his works, in one volume in folio, at Paris, in 1693, which was reprinted at Verona by the Marquis Scipio Maffei, in 1730, together with additional comments on several Psalms.

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