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LAZAR. Lazarus was the poor man who sat begging at the gate of Dives's house. When the two men died, Lazarus went to Abraham's bosom, while the rich man went to hell (Luke 16:19-31). The name was also a popular term to denote lepers.

The Friar knows the innkeepers better than the "lazars," Gen Prol 242. Dives and Lazar lived differently and had different rewards, SumT 1877-1878. [Dives]

The abbreviated form, Lazar, occurs initially, SumT 1877, and medially with initial stress, Gen Prol 242, 245.


Dives and Pauper, ed. P.H. Barnum.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.

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