Sulpician

American  

[suhl-pish-uhn] / sʌlˈpɪʃ ən /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.

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Etymology

Origin of Sulpician

1780–90; < French sulpicien, after la Campagnie de Saint Sulpice the Society of St. Sulpice, named after the church where its founder was pastor; -ian

Example Sentences

Among the other new cardinals: Paul-Emile L�ger, 48, Archbishop of Montreal and a member of the Sulpician order.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Sulpician priests had from the first been ardent friends of the Montrealers.

From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Along the Mississippi, forts were planted and Jesuit and Sulpician missions grew.

From The French in the Heart of America by Finley, John

France had been attached to the archbishopric of Rouen, and De Queylus, a Sulpician priest at Montreal, had acted as vicar-general for the whole colony.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

M. de Queylus had used his great fortune in all sorts of good works in the colony, but he was not the only Sulpician whose hand was always ready and willing.

From The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval by Leblond de Brumath, Adrien