lazar

. (Med.) Typhus fever. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ F. lazaret, or It. lazzeretto, fr. Lazarus. See Lazar. ] 1. A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) (Pronounced by seamen A low space under the after part of the main deck, used as a storeroom. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } 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 ]

{ } a. Full of sores; leprous. Shak. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Lazzaroni. [ 1913 Webster ]