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Sorbonist

Sorbonist noun: a student or teacher at the Sorbonne.

Noun

Sorbonist (plural Sorbonists)

  1. A student or teacher at the Sorbonne.
    • But of our Priests and Doctors how many have bin corrupted by studying the comments of Jesuits and Sorbonists, and how fast they could transfuse that corruption into the people, our experience is both late and sad.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica
    • Now attend here, and see what kind of renovation is required from us [in Rom. 12:1-2 "be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind"]: It is not that of the flesh only, or of the inferior part of the soul, as the Sorbonists [translating sorbonici] explain this word; but of the mind, which is the...1849, John Calvin, translated by John Owen, Commentaries on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans

Forms of Sorbonist

pluralSorbonists

Origin of Sorbonist

From French sorboniste.

Questions about Sorbonist

What does Sorbonist mean?
Sorbonist means a student or teacher at the Sorbonne.
What part of speech is Sorbonist?
Sorbonist is a noun.
What is the plural of Sorbonist?
The plural of Sorbonist is Sorbonists.

Words near Sorbonist in the dictionary

  1. sorbitols
  2. Sorbo
  3. Sorbon
  4. Sorbonic
  5. Sorbonical
  6. Sorbonist
  7. Sorbonists
  8. Sorbonne
  9. Sorbonnist
  10. Sorbonnists
  11. sorbopyranose

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