a member of a congregation of French Benedictine monks founded in 1621 and noted for its scholarly work
Word origin
C19: named after St Maurus, 6th-century disciple of St Benedict
Maurist in American English
(ˈmɔrɪst)
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
Word origin
[1790–1800; St. Maur 6th-century French monk and disciple of St. Benedict + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cutout, idealism, infiltration, methodology, silhouette-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: Thomist, apologist, dramatist, machinist, realist