Sorbonne

[ sawr-bon, -buhn; French sawr-bawn ]

/ sɔrˈbɒn, -ˈbʌn; French sɔrˈbɔn /

noun

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

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

Example sentences from the Web for sorbonne

Not really, but the day I saw a stack of my books in a window of the Sorbonne comes close.

William H. Gass: How I Write |Noah Charney |March 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But Hala Shoukair, 53, had no hangups sketching from models at the Sorbonne in Paris, during the 1970s.

The Rise of Islamo-Erotica |Betwa Sharma |March 25, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
While Roosevelt praised action and risk-taking in his Sorbonne speech, he also counseled elevating politics itself.

Is Obama Too Thoughtful? |Michael Signer |February 13, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Next day I had nearly as good an audience, although it was the day for the disputation at the Sorbonne.

The Age of Erasmus |P. S. Allen

They were publicly sold at Paris, and, as far as appears, the doctors of Sorbonne then read them with approbation.

History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 |J. H. Merle D'Aubign
The reference to the Sorbonne, which was founded in 1252, is of course an anachronism.

La Lgende des Sicles |Victor Hugo
It was to the Sorbonne that the Guises addressed themselves in order to obtain theological support for their projected usurpation.

Old and New Paris, v. 2 |Henry Sutherland Edwards
Parker died, and Gifford, a Papist of the Sorbonne, was appointed.

Oxford and its Story |Cecil Headlam

British Dictionary definitions for sorbonne

Sorbonne

/ (French sɔrbɔn) /

noun

the Sorbonne a part of the University of Paris containing the faculties of science and literature: founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon as a theological college; given to the university in 1808

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