Sulpician

English

Alternative forms

Sulpitian

Etymology

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

Noun

Sulpician (plural Sulpicians)

(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.

References

“Sulpician”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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