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lazarly

/ˈleɪzə(ɹ)li/

lazarly adjective: full of sores; leprous.

Adjective

lazarly (comparative more lazarly, superlative most lazarly)

  1. (obsolete) Full of sores; leprous.
    • The Church of Rome, unto her four famous Orders of Jacobins, Franciscans, Augustins, and Carmelites, hath added a fifth of Jesuits; and, like another Jerusalem, for those five leprous and lazarly Orders hath built five porches […]1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Forms of lazarly

comparativemore lazarly
superlativemost lazarly

Origin of lazarly

From lazar + -ly.

Questions about lazarly

What does lazarly mean?
Lazarly means full of sores; leprous.
What part of speech is lazarly?
Lazarly is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lazarly?
Lazarly is pronounced /ˈleɪzə(ɹ)li/.

Words near lazarly in the dictionary

  1. Lazarist
  2. Lazarists
  3. Lazarite
  4. Lazarites
  5. lazarlike
  6. lazarly
  7. lazaroid
  8. lazaroids
  9. lazarone
  10. lazarones
  11. lazaroni

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