leprosery
leprosery · leproseries
Leprakrankenhaus, Lepraheim, Leprosorium, Leprosenhaus
A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of societyA building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
Значение
значений: 1A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
Leprakrankenhaus, Lepraheim, Leprosorium
Переводы
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По значениям 1
building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony:
Происхождение
Borrowed from French léproserie and léprosarie, from Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from leprBorrowed from French léproserie and léprosarie, from Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ārium (“-ary: building related to”). Equivalent to leprose + -ery.
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