leprosery

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leprosery

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

noun leproseries · leprosary · leproserie

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.
Similar: lazar house, leper house

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noun building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony

Português	leprosário, lazareto, leprosório, gafaria, leprosaria
Français	léproserie, ladrerie, maladrerie
Deutsch	Leprakrankenhaus, Lepraheim, Leprosorium, Leprosenhaus
Italiano	lebbrosario, lazzaretto
Ελληνικά	λαζαρέτο lazaréto

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@misc{leprosery_2026,
  title = {leprosery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leprosery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}