Alexian

American  

[uh-lek-shuhn, -see-uhn] / əˈlɛk ʃən, -si ən /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

1. a member of a congregation of brothers founded for the care of the sick at Mechlin, Brabant, in the 15th century.

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Etymology

Origin of Alexian

Named after Saint Alexius of Edessa, 5th-century Christian; -an

Example Sentences

She wrote a history column for the Daily Herald until her eyesight started to go at age 93, was a publicist for Mundelein College and Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, and wrote poetry.

From Washington Times

The Alexian Brothers later deeded 56 acres to the town of Richmond, with the rest of the property and buildings deeded to a Milwaukee academy for use as an alternative school.

From Washington Times

The towering gold-gilded dome, however, was saved and given to the Alexian Brothers, who operate a hospital, nursing home and other health care programs in Chicago.

From Washington Times

The property, with an annual tax bill of $7,363 and formerly referred to as the Alexian Brothers Novitiate, just east of Gresham and northwest of Shawano, is where since about 2002 the two men, family and friends have hunted ducks, fished for smallmouth bass and brown trout, and hiked the undulating terrain just south of the Menominee Reservation.

From Washington Times

In 1950, the Alexian Brothers, a Catholic religious order devoted to caring for the sick, founded in Europe at the time of the Black Death, acquired the 232-acre site and several buildings as a gift.

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