Maurists, a congregation of reformed Benedictines, with head-quarters in Paris, disbanded in 1792; were through the 17th and 18th centuries noted for their services to learning; they published many historical and ecclesiastical works, including a “History of the Literature of France,” and boasted in their number Montfauçon, Mabillon, and other scholars. See Maur, St.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Maurice of Nassau * Mauritania