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A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
лепрозо́рий
(leprozórij)
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Dutch:
leprozerie
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Dutch:
leprozenhuis
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Dutch:
lazerij
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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French:
léproserie
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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French:
ladrerie
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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French:
maladrerie
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Galician:
malataría
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Galician:
lazareto
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Galician:
leprosaría
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Galician:
gafaría
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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German:
Leprakrankenhaus
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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German:
Lepraheim
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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German:
Leprosorium
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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German:
Leprosenhaus
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Greek:
λαζαρέτο
(lazaréto)
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Italian:
lebbrosario
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Italian:
lazzaretto
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Latin:
leprosorium
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Latin:
leprosarium
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Norwegian:
leprosarium
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Polish:
leprozorium
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Portuguese:
leprosário
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Portuguese:
lazareto
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Portuguese:
leprosório
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Portuguese:
gafaria
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Portuguese:
leprosaria
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Serbo-Croatian:
лепрозаријум
(leprozarijum)
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Tagalog:
ketungan
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
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Volapük:
lepradanöp
— building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony
