English Explanatory Dictionary

leprosery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

Word forms

leprosery leproseries leprosary leproserie

Etymology

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

Synonyms

lazar house leper house
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