Sulpician
Americannoun
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; see -ian
Example Sentences
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Among the other new cardinals: Paul-Emile L�ger, 48, Archbishop of Montreal and a member of the Sulpician order.
From Time Magazine Archive
His first measure was to annul the Sulpician laws.
From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by Beesley, A.H.
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)
He was educated at Avignon, first in the Jesuit college and afterwards at the Sulpician seminary of St Charles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
M. Belmont, a Sulpician, taught the boys, and two of the Congregation sisters had charge of the girls.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.
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