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Sulpician

Sulpician noun: one of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry, and later introduced into Canada and the United States.

Noun

Sulpician (plural Sulpicians)

  1. (historical) One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry, and later introduced into Canada and the United States.

Forms of Sulpician

pluralSulpicians
alternative formSulpitian

Origin of Sulpician

From Sulpice + -ian. So called after the parish of St. Sulpice in Paris, of which the founder, Jean Jacques Olier, was pastor in 1643.

Questions about Sulpician

What does Sulpician mean?
Sulpician means one of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry, and later introduced into Canada and the United States.
What part of speech is Sulpician?
Sulpician is a noun.
What is the plural of Sulpician?
The plural of Sulpician is Sulpicians.

Words near Sulpician in the dictionary

  1. sulphydrate
  2. sulphydrates
  3. sulphydric acid
  4. sulphydryl
  5. sulphydryls
  6. Sulpician
  7. Sulpicians
  8. sulpiride
  9. Sulpitian
  10. Sulpitians
  11. sulprostone

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