Definition of Mauriac

1. Noun. French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970).

Exact synonyms: Francois Charles Mauriac, Francois Mauriac
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Definition of Mauriac

1. Proper noun. (surname French) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mauriac

Maunday coin
Maunday money
Maunder minimum
Maundy
Maundy Thursday
Maundy money
Maura
Maureen
Maureen Catherine Connolly
Maurer's clefts
Maurer's dots
Mauresque
Mauretania
Mauretanian
Mauriac (current term)
Mauriac's syndrome
Maurice
Maurice Barrymore
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Utrillo
Maurice Wilkins
Maurice de Vlaminck
Mauriceau
Mauriceau's manoeuvre
Mauriceau-Levret manoeuvre
Maurician
Maurism

Literary usage of Mauriac

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1881)
"A case in which a peculiar form of rash followed the administration of the above-mentioned drugs is reported by M. Mauriac in the Annales île Dermatologie ..."

2. A Comparative Survey of Laws in Force for the Prohibition, Regulation, and by Sheldon Amos (1877)
"Dr. Mauriac is physician to the H6pital du Midi, ... Mauriac) in order to take away the " reproach of injustice, first of all, it ought to be applied N 2 ..."

3. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1892)
"... sense the mightiest deed that his kinsmen had achieved, and sympathising, notwithstand- 1 In contemporary language ' the battle of the Mauriac Plain. ..."

4. A pilgrimage to Auvergne, from Picardy to Le Velay by Louisa Stuart ( Costello (1842)
"The Condemned Lady of Mauriac.—Nonette.— Usson.—Marguerite de Valois.—Marquis de Canillac.—The Ruse.—The Conquest.—The Castle.—Amethysts.—Ruined Castles. ..."

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