/sul pish"euhn/ , n. Rom. Cath. Ch.
a member of a society of secular priests founded in France in 1642, engaged chiefly in training men to teach in seminaries.
[ 1780-90; sulpicien, after la Campagnie de Saint Sulpice the Society of St. Sulpice, named after the church where its founder was pastor; see -IAN ]