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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Example Sentences

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

The church in which she passed her time in prayer was doubtless that of Saint Maurice, close by the place at which she lodged.

From Joan of Arc by Gower, Ronald Sutherland

"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 Van Dyke, Henry

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 Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), 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 Gower, Ronald Sutherland