leprosery
nounEtymology Borrowed from French léproserie and léprosarie, from Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ārium (“-ary: building related to”). Equivalent to leprose + -ery.
1
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.1818 Aug., Friend of India, p. 92
- There was a rule that the leproserie should take contagious cases only.1961, Graham Greene, Burnt-out Case, page 13:
- Synonyms
- lazar house, leper house
- Hypernyms
- leprosarium, hospital