Sulpician

[ suhl-pish-uh n ]

/ sʌlˈpɪʃ ən /

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.

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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 from the Web for sulpician

The Sulpician priests had from the first been ardent friends of the Montrealers.
Canada: the Empire of the North|Agnes C. Laut
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
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
He gave a description of the places he had visited and Galine, the Sulpician geographer, entered them on his map.
Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime|William Henry Atherton

In 1666 he became a settler in Canada, whither his brother, a Sulpician abb, had preceded him.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2|Various

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