maîtrise
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The pre-recorded Christmas Eve concert saw singers from the Maitrise Notre-Dame de Paris choir perform in protective suits.
From BBC
The good news is that if indeed you are capable of la maîtrise de soi, the cut of one’s jib simply does not matter.
From The New Yorker
Pluvinet received his maîtrise in 1775, established his own atelier in 1778, and died in 1783.
From Architectural Digest
The more obnoxious forms of property—statute-labor, mortmain, maitrise, and exclusion from public office—have disappeared; the conditions of its enjoyment have been modified: the principle still remains the same.
From Project Gutenberg
Elles avaient des chefs qui s'appelaient Desaix, Kléber et Bonaparte; mais elles n'avaient pas la maitrise de la mer et rien ne revint des sables brulants du désert.
From Project Gutenberg
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