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Lazarist

[ laz-er-ist ]

noun

, Roman Catholic Church.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lazarist1

First recorded in 1740–50; named after the College of St. Lazare, Paris, a former Vincentian center
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Example Sentences

There was at the seminary a curst Lazarist, who by undertaking to teach me Latin made me detest it.

In 1839 the former of these, a French Lazarist priest, set out on a mission to China.

Permission was gained, and a mission of Lazarist brothers arrived.

At Macao he spent some eighteen months in the Lazarist seminary, preparing himself for the regular work of a missionary.

Towards evening a beautiful procession was formed, and Benediction sung in the cathedral, which is served by the Lazarist fathers.

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