Saint Maurice

American  

[san maw-rees] / sɛ̃ mɔˈris /

Or Saint-Maurice

noun

1. a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.

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Example Sentences

Writing for the Root, historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. recounted the story of Saint Maurice, the first black saint, who was born in Thebes, Egypt.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2018

"From Trois Rivieres, M'sieu', or rather from a country back of that, the Saint Maurice River."

From The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales by Van Dyke, Henry

The church, dedicated to Saint Maurice, a favorite saint in the Valais and Rhône district, is plain but interesting and in parts is quite old.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

It was difficult to get him to confess at all; and one priest from Saint Maurice had left him.

From Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

Lewis afterwards sent me the following epigram upon Sheridan from Saint Maurice: "'For worst abuse of finest parts Was Misophil begotten; There might indeed be blacker hearts, But none could be more rotten.'"

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle