Sulpician

[suhl-pish-uh n]

noun Roman Catholic Church.

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

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.
Canada: the Empire of the North
Agnes C. Laut
Did this Sulpician, spiritual, cold and ambitious, ever feel the charm of the great trees of her park?
The Spell of the Heart of France
Andr Hallays
The Fathers of the Sulpician Order, by virtue of a grant in the year 1663, were proprietors of the whole of this rich district.
The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 2 of 2)
George Warburton
Sulla's soldiers were impatient for the plunder of Asia, and he therefore contented himself with repealing the Sulpician laws.
A Smaller History of Rome
William Smith and Eugene Lawrence
This offer was accepted and, on July 10, 1791, four Sulpician priests arrived in Baltimore.
The History Of University Education In Maryland
Bernard Christian Steiner