English Explanatory Dictionary

Alexian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an Augustinian Catholic religious institute or congregation specifically devoted to caring for the sick, and which originated in Europe at the time of the Black Death.

Word forms

Alexian Alexians

Etymology

From the name of Alexius of Rome, with whose chapel they were associated, + -ian.

Synonyms

Cellite
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