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Lazarus
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Laz·a·rus  (lzr-s)
In the New Testament, the brother of Mary and Martha.

Lazarus, Emma 1849-1887.
American writer. Her poem "The New Colossus" is inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty in Upper New York Bay.

Lazarus [ˈlæzərəs]
n New Testament
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the brother of Mary and Martha, whom Jesus restored to life (John 11-12)
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the beggar who lay at the gate of the rich man Dives in Jesus' parable (Luke 16:19-31)
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Noun1.Lazarus - the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tombLazarus - the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death
2.Lazarus - the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar
Translations
Lazarus [ˈlæzərəs] NLázaro
Lazarus [ˈlæzərəs] nLazzaro


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She's currently working on a new book called The Archipelago of Saint Lazarus, the original name Magellan gave to the Philippine Islands.
Enrique Fernandez writes a rip-roaring, thigh-slapping, soul-searching, and spirit-rousing essay, featuring Saint Lazarus and the author, who, having traveled to Cuba to report on the daily lives of the citizens of his mother country, became a skeptical but eager supplicant to the patron of the crippled and the feet impaired, hoping that this holy amalgam of Christian saint and Yoruban deity might cure his "foot dyslexia.
Concentrating on the church of Saint Lazarus built in ancient Salinas, today's major Cypriot city of Larnaca, the architect described in detail its original style as well as the additions over the centuries, which include a Gothic Arcade and a Venetian Bell Tower.
 
 
 
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