SALESIAN Definition & Meaning

Salesian

[ suh-lee-zhuhn, -shuhn ]

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noun

a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.

adjective

of or relating to St. Francis de Sales or the Salesians.

Salesian

/ -ʒjən; səˈliːzjən /

adjective

of or relating to St Francis of Sales or to the religious orders founded by him or by St John Bosco in his name See also Visitation

noun

a member of a Salesian order, esp a member of the Society of St Francis of Sales founded in Turin by St John Bosco (1854), and dedicated to all types of educational work

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Salesian¹

St. Francis of Sales + -ian

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Salesian¹

C19: from Sales

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And then there’s news from Salesian High football coach Anthony Atkins:

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Bledsoe served as an assistant last season at Salesian and before that was an assistant at Burroughs.

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St. John Bosco High responded Thursday to a lawsuit filed against the Catholic school, football coach Jason Negro and the Salesian Society religious order with a statement backing Negro and targeting the credibility of one of the three plaintiffs.

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The plaintiffs assert that they were impeded by Salesian officials from reining in Negro.

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The Salesian Order instead responded by sending consultants Jay Conner and Cathy Vivian to the school, the lawsuit states, alleging that they “used the audit as a ruse to come and rid the business office of its current staff and squelch the audit that would provide any accountability for the football program.”

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