Lazaretto

/ˌlæzəˈɹɛtəʊ/

Synonyms for "lazaretto" (12 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
pesthouseglory holeisolation complex

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
isolation hospitalisolation winglazar house

Related words (6)

Noun(6 words)
lazaretlazarettequarantine facilityquarantine hospitalquarantine pavilionquarantine station

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: pesthouse, glory hole, isolation complex, isolation hospital, isolation wing.
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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

11 entries
cabinethealth facilityhealth infrastructurehospitalinfirmaryinstitutionlockermedical facilityplace of confinementpublic health facilitystorage locker

More specific

4 entries
isolation pavilionpesthousequarantine islandquarantine wing

Collocations

6 entries
isolation facilityisolation wardpesthouseplague hospitalquarantine islandquarantine station

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

For the plague, there is an houſe of many lodgeingꝭ [lodgeinges], two miles from Venice, called the Lazaretta, vnto the which all they of that houſe, wherin one hath been infected of the plague, are incontinẽtly ſent, and a lodgeyng ſufficiente appoincted for theim till the infection ceaſſe, that they may retourne.

Source: wiktionary

They are in their Method of Devotion, pious and charitable, their ſtately Temples, and Monaſteries demonſtrat the one, and their Lazarettos, or Houſes for the Poor do verify the other, ſpecially that of Monte de pietà, an Hoſpital of 60000.

Source: wiktionary

The Lazaretto is a vaſt Building, carrying in compaſs a thouſand and eight hundred yards. It ſtands near the Tovvn VValls, yet out of the Tovvn, and is to receive into it thoſe that are ſick of the Plague.

Source: wiktionary

It is planted with ſhady trees; and in the center is a building, vvhich ſerves for a hoſpital, or lazaretto, for perſons afflicted vvith the leproſy, or other incurable diſeaſes, vvho are ſent thither from Batavia.

Source: wiktionary

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Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "lazaretto"?

Closest matches include pesthouse, glory hole, isolation complex, isolation hospital, isolation wing.

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