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Sa·le·sian | \ sə-ˈlē-zhən 
, sā- \
, sā- \Definition of Salesian
: a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales founded by St. John Bosco in Turin, Italy in the 19th century and devoted chiefly to education
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The first known use of Salesian was in 1884
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