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maurist

maurist


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maurist  \Maur"ist\,  n.  [From  Maurus,  the  favorite  disciple  of 
  St  Benedict.] 
  A  member  of  the  Congregation  of  Saint  Maur,  an  offshoot  of 
  the  Benedictines,  originating  in  France  in  the  early  part  of 
  the  seventeenth  century.  The  Maurists  have  been  distinguished 
  for  their  interest  in  literature.