ALEXIAN


Meaning of ALEXIAN in English

/euh lek"sheuhn, -see euhn/ , n. Rom. Cath. Ch.

a member of a congregation of brothers founded for the care of the sick at Mechlin, Brabant, in the 15th century.

[ named after Saint Alexius of Edessa, 5th-century Christian; see -AN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .