Sorbonne

(sôr bän; Fr sō̂r bō̂n)

noun

  1. a former theological college in Paris, established about the middle of the 13th cent.
  2. the University of Paris; specif., the seat of the faculties of letters and science

Origin: Fr, after the founder, Robert de Sorbon (1201-74), chaplain of Louis IX

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