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▪ I. Vincentian, n.1 and a.1|vɪnˈsɛnʃən|
[f. Vincent (see def.) + -ian.]
A. n. A member of an order of Roman Catholic mission-priests founded by St. Vincent de Paul (1576–1660).
B. adj. Of or pertaining to St. Vincent or to this order.
1854Newman in W. Ward Life (1912) I. xi. 338 [I] went off to Cork to the Vincentians. 1896W. J. Fitzpatrick Mem. Fr. Healy i. 10 The Vincentian Seminary, 34, Usher's Quay, Dublin. 1934G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good 23 The latest rediscovery of the Vincentian principle has been made by Mr Ford, who has testified that if you want a staff of helpful persons..you must not give them either title, rank, or uniform. 1982G. Greene Monsignor Quixote i. v. 73 Marquez..did little entertaining apart from an occasional father from the Vincentian monastery. 1984New Yorker 9 Apr. 52/3 St. John's is a Vincentian school... The Vincentians are trained missionaries.
▪ II. Vincentian, n.2 and a.3|vɪnˈsɛnʃən|
[f. Vincent (see def.) + -ian.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of St. Vincent in the West Indies.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to St. Vincent.
1933Vincentian 4 Feb. 2/2 We have much pleasure in publishing in this issue the Report of the Installation of officers of the ‘Vincentian Progressive Friendly Society’. Ibid., Vincentians abroad are fondly thinking of home. 1944Minutes Legisl. Council St. Vincent 1943 92 The parent..was to all intents and purposes a Vincentian—who in turn was also from Vincentian parents. 1950Caribbean Q. II. ii. 18 In Saraband the light skinned Vincentian wants to marry a dark girl. 1974Advocate-News (Barbados) 21 Feb. 2/1 Vincentians have temporarily thrown off cares of the current fuel crisis. 1980Oxf. Diocesan Mag. Oct. 8/1 At Wycombe some 15% or more of the population is of immigrant origin—Pakistani, Vincentian, Indian, Jamaican, Polish, Italian, Yugoslav.
▪ III. Vincentian, a.2|vɪnˈsɛnʃən|
[f. Vincent (see def.) + -ian.]
Originating or associated with St. Vincent of Lerins (died c 450 a.d.).
The reference is to St. Vincent's test of orthodoxy: ‘quod ubique, quod semper, quod ab omnibus creditum est’.
1875Liddon in Johnston Life & Lett. (1904) vii. 200 Your difficulty seems to be in the meaning of ‘Semper’ in the Vincentian Canon. 1887Ld. Acton Lett. Mary Gladstone (1913) 182 No consensus, no Vincentian Rule, exists that can decide this question. |