Maurist

[mawr-ist]

noun

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.

Origin of Maurist

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

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This policy of gaining time seemed to have quieted the Maurist ardour for attack.
The Annual Register 1914
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British Dictionary definitions for maurist

Maurist

noun

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

Word Origin for Maurist

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

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