Felician

/fəˈlɪʃən/

Felician proper noun: a male given name from Latin, of rare usage.

Proper noun

Felician

A male given name from Latin, of rare usage.
- The property is bounded by Lafourche Lake, Bayou Bœuf, the lands belonging to Mr. Felician Thibodeaux, and the estate of Mr. Bethancourt; […]1850 January 31, Bonneval & Benit, “[Auction Sales.] Sale of Valuable Sugar Land, […]”, in The New-Orleans Bee, volume XXIII (X, New Series), number 1102 (6153 overall), New Orleans, La.: Magne &...
- RICHARD.—In Lynn, March 11, Edmond, son of Felician and Marguerite Richard, 10 yrs. 4mos. 25 days.1901 March 12, “Deaths”, in Daily Evening Item, 5 o’clock edition, volume XLVII, number 79, Lynn, Mass.: Hastings & Sons Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 6
A surname.
- The following parties were all arrested in the Third District for exhibiting belligerent propensities: […] Charles August, John Felician and John Gaspar were found fighting in Milneburg; […]1867 June 25, “[The City.] Belligerents.”, in The Daily Picayune, afteroon edition, New Orleans, La., →OCLC, front page, column 7
- Westbury quarterback Kevin Felician rushed for one short-yardage touchdown and threw a 16-yard scoring strike to Jarvis Brown with 45 second remaining in a losing effort.1995 October 15, “High School Football: Baldwin’s Victory Comes in a Snap”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015

Felician (not comparable)

Of or relating to the Roman Catholic order Felician Sisters.
- Mrs. Stanislawa Lypchinski, charged with the slaying twelve years ago at Isadore, of Sister Mary John, a Felician nun, was convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury in Circuit Court this morning. […] The bones were exhumed and with them were found pices of the habiliment of a nun of the...1919 October 26, “Guilty of Nun’s Murder. […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- Incidentally, another Felician nun, Sister Mary Reginette, will be leaving her post as head of the college’s Religious Department.1979 August 26, James F. Lynch, “New Jersey Journal”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Felician (plural Felicians)

A member of the Roman Catholic order Felician Sisters.
- Sister Hiltrude, a member of the Felician order for 40 years, has been at Lodi, one of four provinces maintained by the Felicians in the United States, for 20 years.1979 March 4, James F. Lynch, “The Old College Try Puts Nun to the Test”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- The Felicians had a friend at the Vatican to extend the invitation.1979 August 26, James F. Lynch, “New Jersey Journal”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Estate of Felician Smith, minor: Final account.1910 June 18, “Real Estate Transfers”, in Jo[hn] Hetherington, editor, Salinas Daily Index, volume XXVIII, number 20, Salinas, Calif....
Felician Farcutiu, an audiovisual technician for Sensio, said the transmissions require about 5 Mbps of bandwidth at most – no more than a 2D high-def stream of similar quality.2009 April 21, Jon Healey, “Sensio: Bringing 3D to online video”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times...
The new arena doesn’t justify prolonging mediocrity instead of starting a rebuild even if it’s an uphill battle with the current state of our draft capital — Felician E.2024 May 28, Law Murray, “Clippers mailbag: Is James Harden a keeper? Are LA’s young stars still the future?”, in The Athletic, New York...
CLEVELAND CRUNCH—Signed F Shawn Boney and F Lester Felician.1999 October 22, “Transactions”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

plural	Felicians

Learned borrowing from Latin Fēlīciānus.

After Felix of Cantalice, in reference to the shrine of him at a nearby Capuchin church.

What does Felician mean?: Felician means a male given name from Latin, of rare usage.
How do you use Felician in a sentence?: Estate of Felician Smith, minor: Final account.
What part of speech is Felician?: Felician can be a proper noun, an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Felician?: Felician is pronounced /fəˈlɪʃən/.

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