ˌsəlˈpishən noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: French sulpicien, from Compagnie de Saint- Sulpice Society of St. Sulpice (from Église Saint-Sulpice, church in Paris of which the founder of the Sulpicians Jean Jacques Olier died 1657 was a pastor) + French -ien -ian
: a member of a Roman Catholic society of diocesan priests that was established in France in 1642 with the purpose of contributing teachers for ecclesiastical seminaries