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lazarist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lazarist
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission founded by St Vincent de Paul.

adj

Of or pertaining to this order.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Lazarists (plural)

Questions

What does lazarist mean?
A member of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission founded by St Vincent de Paul.
Where does lazarist come from?
It is traced to French.

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