English Explanatory Dictionary

Lazarist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission founded by St Vincent de Paul.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to this order.

Word forms

Lazarist Lazarists

Etymology

From French lazariste, from Lazare + -iste (“-ist”), from the order's first large headquarters, the Enclos Saint-Lazare (“St Lazarus Enclosure”) in Paris, derived from its former use as a Hospitaller leprosarium.

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