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leprosery

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from leprōsārium
  2. borrowed from léproserie

Definitions

  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.
    • There was a rule that the leproserie should take contagious cases only.

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