lazarite

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Definition of lazarite in English English dictionary

{i} Lazarist, Lazarian, Vincentian, member of the Roman Catholic "Congregation of the Mission" which was founded in 1625 by St. Vincent de Paul in Paris (France)

One of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, a religious institute founded by Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites from the College of St

Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them until 1792