Sorbonne
Americannoun
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the seat of the faculties of arts and letters of the University of Paris.
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a theological college founded in Paris in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon, suppressed in 1792, and ceasing to exist about 1850.
noun
Example Sentences
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But the teams behind the Sorbonne project defend it as an innovative cultural experiment.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
To explore how nutrition relates to cardiovascular health in more detail, scientists from INRAE, Inserm, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, and Cnam examined more than whether foods came from plant or animal sources.
From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025
LeCun was born in Paris, raised in the city’s suburbs and attended what’s now known as the Sorbonne University in France in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
Vendredi holds a PhD in art history from the Sorbonne in Paris and one in architectural history from Charles University in Prague.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
Moushumi is invited to give a paper at a conference at the Sorbonne, and they decide to make a vacation out of it, Gogol arranging to take the week off from work.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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