Maurist

American  

[mawr-ist] / ˈmɔr ɪst /

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.

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Maurist British  

/ ˈməʊrɪst /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Maurist

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

Example Sentences

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 Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Dom Tontée, a Maurist monk, who died in 1718, prepared an excellent and complete edition of the works of St. Cyril; which was published by Dom Maran, in 1720, in one volume in folio.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

See his history, compiled in French by Dom Dionysius of Sainte-Marthe, superior-general of the Maurist monks, printed at Rouen in 4to.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

Dom Dionysius of St. Marthe, a Maurist Benedictin monk, favored the world with an accurate edition of the works of St. Gregory the Great, published at Paris in four volumes folio, in 1705.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

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.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban