SORBONNE

Meaning of SORBONNE in English

/sawr bon", -bun"/ ; Fr. /sawrdd bawn"/ , n.

1. the seat of the faculties of arts and letters of the University of Paris.

2. a theological college founded in Paris in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon, suppressed in 1792, and ceasing to exist about 1850.

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SORBONNE — n. faculty for arts and letters at the University of Paris (France)
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SORBONNE — Sorbonne BrE AmE ( ˌ ) sɔː ˈbɒn AmE sɔːr ˈbʌn -ˈbɑːn —French [ sɔʁ bɔn \]
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SORBONNE — Sor ‧ bonne, the /sɔːˈbɒn $ sɔːrˈbɑːn/ BrE AmE the oldest part of the University of Paris, established in the …
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SORBONNE, THE — Sor ‧ bonne, the /sɔːˈbɒn $ sɔːrˈbɑːn/ BrE AmE the oldest part of the University of Paris, established in the …
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