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alexian

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A⋅lex⋅ian

  [uh-lek-shuhn, -see-uhn]
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–noun Roman Catholic Church.
a member of a congregation of brothers founded for the care of the sick at Mechlin, Brabant, in the 15th century.
Origin:
named after Saint Alexius of Edessa, 5th-century Christian; see -an
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