English Explanatory Dictionary

lazar house

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Synonym of leprosery: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
A hospital or lazaret for quarantining patients suffering highly infectious diseases.

Word forms

lazar house lazar houses lazar-house lazarhouse

Etymology

From lazar + house.

Synonyms

leprosery

Related words

lazaret lazaretto

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