# Sulpician

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sulpician