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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Saint Maurice

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

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 Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle

In or near the street La Haute Rue Saint Maurice, hard by a square which now bears the name of the heroine, Joan of Arc arrived at noon on Sunday, the 6th of March.

From Joan of Arc by Ronald Sutherland Gower

Those who have visited Chinon will recall the ancient and picturesque street, named La Haute Rue Saint Maurice, which runs beneath and parallel with the castle walls and the Vienne.

From Joan of Arc by Ronald Sutherland Gower

"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 Henry Van Dyke