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Definition of Mauriac
1. Noun. French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970).
Definition of Mauriac
1. Proper noun. (surname French) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mauriac
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. ..."