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laying on of hands
layman
layoff
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layover
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lazar
lazaretto
Lazarus
laze
laze around
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lazar

la·zar [ lázzər, láyzər ] (plural la·zars)


noun 
Definition:
 
sick person: a poor and sick person, especially somebody affected by leprosy ( archaic )

[13th century. < medieval Latin lazarus, after Lazarus, a beggar in the Bible (Luke 16:20)]
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