leprosery
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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French léproserie and léprosarie, from Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ārium (“-ary: building related to”). Equivalent to leprose + -ery.
Noun
leprosery (plural leproseries)
- A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
- 1818 Aug., Friend of India, p. 92:
- Lewis VIII, king of France, made bequests in the year 1227 to two thousand Leprosaries within his own dominions.
- 1961, Graham Greene, Burnt-out Case, page 13:
- There was a rule that the leproserie should take contagious cases only.
- 1818 Aug., Friend of India, p. 92:
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Translations
building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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References
- “leprosery, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
