lazarist

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lazarist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lazarist \Laz"a*rist\, Lazarite \Laz"a*rite\, n. (R. C. Ch.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster] Lazarlike