Felician

1. A male given name from Latin, of rare usage.

   Estate of Felician Smith, minor: Final account.

   1910 June 18, “Real Estate Transfers”, in Jo[hn] Hetherington, editor, Salinas Daily Index, volume XXVIII, number 20, Salinas, Calif.: Salinas Index Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 3, column 4

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   The property is bounded by Lafourche Lake, Bayou Bœuf, the lands belonging to Mr. Felician Thibodeaux, and the estate of Mr. Bethancourt; […]

   1850 January 31, Bonneval & Benit, “[Auction Sales.] Sale of Valuable Sugar Land, […]”, in The New-Orleans Bee, volume XXIII (X, New Series), number 1102 (6153 overall), New Orleans, La.: Magne & Weisse, →OCLC, page [2], column 5

   RICHARD.—In Lynn, March 11, Edmond, son of Felician and Marguerite Richard, 10 yrs. 4mos. 25 days.

   1901 March 12, “Deaths”, in Daily Evening Item, 5 o’clock edition, volume XLVII, number 79, Lynn, Mass.: Hastings & Sons Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 6

   That the administration of the country is a money making and not a humanitarian project must be acknowledged to by true on the authority of Felician Cattier, professor in the University of Brussels, who made an investigation.

   1907 January 27, J. D. Whelphey, “The Real King Leopold”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2001

   The Rev. Brother Felician Patrick, F. S. C., head of the English department at La Salle College until his retirement in June, died today at the Motherhouse of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Amendale, Md. His age was 72. Brother Felician, the former Matthew J. McLaughlin, was born in Newark, N. J., and joined the order in 1894.

   1945 November 26, “Rev. Brother Felician: Ex-Head of English Department at La Salle College, 72, Dies”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Gerard Thompson (Stonehouse Restaurant), Norbert Schultz (Brigitte’s), Felician Cueff (Citronelle), Eileen Randall and David Cecchini (Wine Cask), Camille Schwartz (Mimosa) and Vincent Vanhecke (El Encanto) are among nearly 20 chefs participating in this Taste of the Nation fund-raiser, at Santa Barbara City College’s Campus Center.

   1996 April 4, Leo Smith, “Cafe Focuses on Light French Fare”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2026

2. A surname.

   CLEVELAND CRUNCH—Signed F Shawn Boney and F Lester Felician.

   1999 October 22, “Transactions”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

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   The following parties were all arrested in the Third District for exhibiting belligerent propensities: […] Charles August, John Felician and John Gaspar were found fighting in Milneburg; […]

   1867 June 25, “[The City.] Belligerents.”, in The Daily Picayune, afteroon edition, New Orleans, La., →OCLC, front page, column 7

   Westbury quarterback Kevin Felician rushed for one short-yardage touchdown and threw a 16-yard scoring strike to Jarvis Brown with 45 second remaining in a losing effort.

   1995 October 15, “High School Football: Baldwin’s Victory Comes in a Snap”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015

1. not comparableOf or relating to the Roman Catholic order Felician Sisters.

   Incidentally, another Felician nun, Sister Mary Reginette, will be leaving her post as head of the college’s Religious Department.

   1979 August 26, James F. Lynch, “New Jersey Journal”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   Mrs. Stanislawa Lypchinski, charged with the slaying twelve years ago at Isadore, of Sister Mary John, a Felician nun, was convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury in Circuit Court this morning. […] The bones were exhumed and with them were found pices of the habiliment of a nun of the Felician order.

   1919 October 26, “Guilty of Nun’s Murder. […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Still, Monaghan likes to think of himself as a religious man. At last weekend’s pennant-clinching Tigers game against Toronto, nine Catholic nuns from the Felician order that ran the orphanage where he spent much of his childhood were sitting with him in his private box.

   1987 October 11, James Risen, “Prince of Pizza: Domino’s Top Man Lives Out His Fantasies”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025

plural Felicians

1. A member of the Roman Catholic order Felician Sisters.

   The Felicians had a friend at the Vatican to extend the invitation.

   1979 August 26, James F. Lynch, “New Jersey Journal”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   Sister Hiltrude, a member of the Felician order for 40 years, has been at Lodi, one of four provinces maintained by the Felicians in the United States, for 20 years.

   1979 March 4, James F. Lynch, “The Old College Try Puts Nun to the Test”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   “Despite optimizing expenditures and significantly reducing the subsidy provided by the Felicians to Ladywood, we could not ignore the enrollment trend,” [M. Alfonsa] Van Overberghe wrote. […] The Felicians are offering a $500 annual scholarship to students who go on to attend other Catholic high schools in southeast Michigan.

   2017 December 12, Ann Zaniewski, “Livonia Ladywood closing in spring”, in Detroit Free Press, volume 187, number 222, Detroit, Mich.: USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 3A, columns 2 and 4, and 9A, column 1

   About two-thirds of the grand red-brick building that faces South Main Street and includes a beloved chapel along with the “little red house” on another part of the campus -- the first building the Felicians used when they arrived in Lodi in 1913 -- are to be taken down. […] Since religious life was very structured at the time, the sisters had ongoing adoration of the Blessed Sacrament because Felicians are a eucharistic community.

   2022 December 11, Alexander Santora, “With 2 buildings slated for demolition, Felician Sisters pave a path for the future | Faith Matters”, in NJ.com, Iselin, N.J.: Advance Local Media, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022