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Definition of: Lazarist
(laz′ə·rist) noun
A member of a Roman Catholic order founded in 1624 by St. Vincent de Paul for rural mission work in France. Called Vincentian in the United States. Also Laz′a·rite (-rit). [<F lazariste, from (Collège de St.) Lazare, a school at Paris, where the order was established <L Lazarus Lazarus]
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