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Noun

1. 1
   An isolated building or community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

   "In the middle of the twelfth century, France had more than 2,000 leprosariums"

Synonyms

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lazar houseleper colonyleper houseleprosarialeproseryleprosy

Example

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"In the middle of the twelfth century, France had more than 2,000 leprosariums"

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ārium (“-ary: building related to”). Doublet of leprosery.

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