Salesian

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Sa·le·sian

S0038900 (sə-lē′zhən, -shən)n. A member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, a Roman Catholic congregation founded in Turin in 1859 and dedicated chiefly to education and missionary work.adj. Of or relating to the Salesians.
[After Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Savoyard prelate and bishop of Geneva.]

Salesian

(səˈliːzjən; -ʒjən) adj (Roman Catholic Church) 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 Visitation2n (Education) 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[C19: from Sales]
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