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leprosery en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from French léproserie and léprosarie, from Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ārium (“-ary: building related to”). Equivalent to leprose + -ery.

Meanings

1. A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
   • Lewis VIII, king of France, made bequests in the year 1227 to two thousand Leprosaries within his own dominions. 1818 Aug., Friend of India, p. 92
   • There was a rule that the leproserie should take contagious cases only. 1961, Graham Greene, Burnt-out Case, page 13:

Forms

Hypernyms

leprosarium · hospital

Synonyms

lazar house · leper house

Translations (30)

pt gafaria (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · pt leprosório (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · sh лепрозаријум (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · el λαζαρέτο (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · fr ladrerie (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · nl lazerij (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · de Lepraheim (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · nl leprozerie (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · gl gafaría (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · nl leprozenhuis (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · vo lepradanöp (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · it lazzaretto (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · pt leprosário (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · la leprosorium (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · no leprosarium (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · de Leprosenhaus (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · de Leprakrankenhaus (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · bg лепрозо́рий (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · pt leprosaria (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · la leprosarium (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · pt lazareto (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · fr léproserie (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · fr maladrerie (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · tl ketungan (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · it lebbrosario (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · pl leprozorium (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · gl leprosaría (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · gl lazareto (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · de Leprosorium (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony) · gl malataría (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony)