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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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Maistre, on the other hand, fits the dogmatic spirit of their creed.

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

His National Review co-founder and coauthor of a defense of Joseph McCarthy, L. Brent Bozell, even outdid Buckley in that department, being as ferocious a theocrat as Maistre had been more than a century earlier.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2023

“The Wolf and the Lion” is a family-friendly, animal-focused drama from married filmmakers Gilles and Prune de Maistre.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2022

De Maistre says, "The Popes reign since the ninth century at least."

From The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

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