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Sorbonne definition

Sor·bonne (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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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