plural of lazar-house

Alternative form of lazar house

(biblical) Lazarus of Bethany, a man supposedly raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later (Christianity) revered as a saint.

(usually figuratively) A person who was dead and has been resurrected; a dead person who could potentially be resurrected. / A poor person, a beggar.

(African-American Vernacular) To rescue a dying person. / (African-American Vernacular) To raise from the dead.

A place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.

(rhetoric, rare) An appeal to poverty; the logical fallacy of thinking a conclusion is correct because the speaker is poor.

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

Of or pertaining to this order.

plural of lazaretto