noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of leprosery: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- 15th c., William of Worcester, “The Rolle of Sencte Bartholemeweis Priorie” cited in William Barrett, The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol, 1789, p. 429, These bee alle the bookes ynne the ache Camberre & of the reste of the Lazar house bee cellis & beddis for the Lazars, beeynge manie in number [...]
- 1965, Richard Howard (translator), Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault (1961), New York: Random House, Chapter 1, “Stultifera Navis”, The lazar house of Nancy, which was among the largest in Europe, had only four inmates during the regency of Marie de Médicis.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leprosery
Antonyms: none provided