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Sor·bonne (sôr bän′; Fr sō̂r bō̂n′)
noun
- a former theological college in Paris, established about the middle of the 13th cent.
- the University of Paris; specif., the seat of the faculties of letters and science
Etymology: Fr, after the founder, Robert de Sorbon (1201-74), chaplain of Louis IX
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