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
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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 Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Sulla's soldiers were impatient for the plunder of Asia, and he therefore contented himself with repealing the Sulpician laws.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Sir William Smith
Father Albanel and Father Raffeix, Jesuit priests, the Abbe Dollier de Casson, a Sulpician, and the Abbe Dubois, chaplain of the Carignan regiment, accompanied the army.
From The Great Intendant : A chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada, 1665-1672 by H. H. (Hugh Hornby) Langton
These were mostly at the school of the newly founded Sulpician mission on the mountain-side.
From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth
F Sulpician, appointed vicar-general for Canada, 42; sent back to France by Bishop Laval, 43.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
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