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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAURIST

Named after St Maurus, 6th-century disciple of St Benedict.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MAURIST

Maurist  [ˈməʊrɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAURIST

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maurist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAURIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Congregation of Saint Maur

The Congregation of St. Maur, often known as the Maurists, were a congregation of French Benedictines, established in 1621, and known for their high level of scholarship. The congregation and its members were called after Saint Maurus, a disciple of Saint Benedict credited with introducing the Benedictine rule and life into Gaul.

Definition of Maurist in the English dictionary

The definition of Maurist in the dictionary is a member of a congregation of French Benedictine monks founded in 1621 and noted for its scholarly work.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAURIST


dearest
ˈdɪərɪst
Eucharist
ˈjuːkərɪst
Everest
ˈɛvərɪst
florist
ˈflɒrɪst
forest
ˈfɒrɪst
Forrest
ˈfɒrɪst
guitarist
ɡɪˈtɑːrɪst
humorist
ˈhjuːmərɪst
interest
ˈɪntrɪst
jurist
ˈdʒʊərɪst
motorist
ˈməʊtərɪst
naturist
ˈneɪtʃərɪst
optometrist
ɒpˈtɒmɪtrɪst
podiatrist
pəˈdaɪətrɪst
psychiatrist
saɪˈkaɪətrɪst
rainforest
ˈreɪnˌfɒrɪst
terrorist
ˈtɛrərɪst
theorist
ˈθɪəˌrɪst
tourist
ˈtʊərɪst
wrist
rɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAURIST

Maupassant
Maupertuis
Maupertuis principle
Mauretania
Mauretanian
mauri
Mauriac
Maurice
Mauritania
Mauritanian
Mauritian
Mauritius
Maurois
Maurras
Maury
Maurya
Mauser

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAURIST

acupuncturist
adventurist
agriculturist
arboriculturist
behaviourist
caricaturist
Christ
colourist
culturist
denturist
eco-tourist
futurist
horticulturist
manicurist
miniaturist
pedicurist
petaurist
purist
rapturist
viticulturist
watercolourist

Synonyms and antonyms of Maurist in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Maurist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAURIST

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Maurist
1,325 millions of speakers

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Maurist
570 millions of speakers

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Maurist
510 millions of speakers

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Maurist
380 millions of speakers
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Maurist
280 millions of speakers

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Maurist
278 millions of speakers

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Maurist
270 millions of speakers

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Maurist
260 millions of speakers

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Maurist
220 millions of speakers

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Maurist
190 millions of speakers

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Maurist
180 millions of speakers

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Maurist
130 millions of speakers

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Maurist
85 millions of speakers

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Maurist
85 millions of speakers
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Maurist
80 millions of speakers

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Maurist
75 millions of speakers

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मॉरिसिस्ट
75 millions of speakers

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Maurist
70 millions of speakers

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Maurist
65 millions of speakers

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Maurist
50 millions of speakers

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Maurist
40 millions of speakers

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Maurist
30 millions of speakers
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Maurist
15 millions of speakers
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Maurist
14 millions of speakers
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Maurist
10 millions of speakers
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Maurist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Maurist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAURIST»

The term «Maurist» is normally little used and occupies the 132.651 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAURIST» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAURIST»

Discover the use of Maurist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Maurist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia
The eleven-volume Maurist edition of Augustine's opera omuia, deriving its name from the Benedictine community at St. Maur that made the edition, was published in Paris from 1679 to 1700. Many manuscripts in French libraries were collated ...
Allan Fitzgerald, John C. Cavadini, 1999
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Benedictine Monachism: Studies in Benedictine Life and Rule
It is difficult to characterise or appraise, or even to afford the materials for any just estimate of the actual Maurist output during the century and a half of their labours. The list of principal Maurist works already spoken of (Encyc. Brit., art.
Cuthbert Butler, 1919
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The Medieval Cult of St Petroc
The material in the departmental archives, however, is not merely a copy of the Maurist materials gathered together in the Monasticon Benedictinum; other materials under the G 73 shelfmark are unknown to this collection. According to ...
Karen Jankulak, 2000
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The Catholicisms of Coutances: Varieties of Religion in ...
Two attempts to introduce the Maurist reform at Hambye (1650 and 1731) failed. It was not even tried at the other Benedictine monasteries in the diocese. The Maurist method of reform united traditional Benedictine spirituality of communal ...
J. Michael Hayden, 2013
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Generic Interfaces in Latin Literature: Encounters, ...
A Maurist edition of Jerome - including the letters - began to appear a few years after the first Maurist volumes of Ambrose and Augustine, published in five volumes produced between 1693 and 1706. The editor in chief was Dom Jean ...
Theodore D. Papanghelis, Stephen J. Harrison, Stavros Frangoulidis, 2013
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Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy:
Pusey followed the seventeenth-century Maurist edition (Migne, Patrologia Latina 32) in printing praesonabam instead of pensabam and a comma instead of a full stop before it so as to make praesonabam the main verb after sed ego ipse ...
M. F. Burnyeat, 2012
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Studies in Earlier Old English Prose
1—69, with the Maurist edition of Soliloquia, on which see below, note 25. The copying is rather mechanical, and the scribe has sometimes misconstrued such terms and concepts as otiurn, but there are no significant departures from the ...
Paul E. Szarmach, 1986
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Worship in Transition: The Twentieth Century Liturgical Movement
Among the most famous of them was Edmond Martene (1654—1707) who compiled a collection of early liturgies: De Antiquis Ecclesiae Ritibus (3 volumes 1700—02). Martene himself had trained at the Maurist house at St-Germain-des- Prés ...
John Fenwick, Bryan Spinks, 1995
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The Trinitarian Theology of Basil of Caesarea: A Synthesis ...
In 1892 C. F. H. Johnston published an improved edition of the Maurist text of On the Holy Spirit.3 In 1968 Benoît Pruche used both Maran's and Johnston's text to create the standard edition of On the Holy Spirit for Sources chrétiennes.4 ...
Stephen M. Hildebrand, 2007
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Disciplining Christians: Correction and Community in ...
Daur retains the Maurist numbering and chronological order. In addition, his treatment of Ep. 277" (it is renumbered Ep. 22A) suggests that, following tradition, he plans to incorporate the Divjak letters into the established chronology of the ...
Jennifer Ebbeler, 2012

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAURIST»

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The French abbey that revolution could not destroy
This and the entire abbatial palace, explained Père Augustin, was finished in 1779 under the supervision of Maurist monks. They had arrived at ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 09»

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