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La Salle, LaSalle or Lasalle is part of the names of two men born in 17th century France, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, for whom many places and things are named:
Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, founder of the De La Salle Brothers and Patron Saint of all teachers. Lasallian educational institutions [1] are educational institutions affiliated with the De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic religious teaching order founded by French priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, who was canonized in 1900 and proclaimed by Pope Pius XII as patron saint of all teachers ...
Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, the founder of the De La Salle Brothers. The De La Salle Brothers, officially named the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Latin: Fratres Scholarum Christianarum; French: Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes; Italian: Fratelli delle Scuole Cristiane) abbreviated FSC, is a Catholic lay religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded in France ...
The Dictionnaire de la langue française (French pronunciation: [diksjɔnɛːʁ də la lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) by Émile Littré, commonly called simply the "Littré", is a four-volume dictionary of the French language published in Paris by Hachette. The dictionary was originally issued in 30 parts, 1863–72; a second edition is dated 1872–77.
La Salle University is named after Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, the French priest, educator and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. In 1931, a sportswriter mistakenly referred to the La Salle football team as the "Explorers" thinking the school was named after the French explorer.
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (/ l ə ˈ s æ l /) (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist də la sal]; 1651 – 7 April 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
De La Salle may refer to: Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (1651–1719), French Catholic priest and educational reformer Lasallian educational institutions , founded by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the Lasallian Brothers
a group of admirers; in French, "la claque" is a group of people paid to applaud or disturb a piece at the theatre, though the common meaning of "claque" is "a slap"; clique is used in this sense (but in a pejorative way). connoisseur an expert in wines, fine arts, or other matters of culture; a person of refined taste.