Sulpician

American  

[suhl-pish-uhn] / sʌlˈpɪʃ ən /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. 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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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; -ian

Example Sentences

Among the other new cardinals: Paul-Emile L�ger, 48, Archbishop of Montreal and a member of the Sulpician order.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dollier de Casson, the Sulpician priest, powerful of frame as De Tracy himself, marched as chaplain.

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)

L Sulpician, comes out in St. Andr�, 31; ministers to those suffering from the plague, 32; dies a martyr, 91.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

France had been attached to the archbishopric of Rouen, and De Queylus, a Sulpician priest at Montreal, had acted as vicar-general for the whole colony.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

F Founder of Sulpician Order, obtains grant of island of Montreal, 32.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various