leprosery
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.
Meaning
1 sensesA building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
Leprakrankenhaus, Lepraheim, Leprosorium
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
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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Forms
plural: leproseriesSynonyms
2 synonymsSee also
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