"lazar house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lazar houses [plural]
Etymology: From lazar + house. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lazar|house}} lazar + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} lazar house (plural lazar houses)
  1. (archaic) Synonym of leprosery: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Leprosy Synonyms: leprosery [synonym, synonym-of], lazar-house, lazarhouse Related terms: lazaret, lazaretto
    Sense id: en-lazar_house-en-noun-f-~uTS6K Disambiguation of Leprosy: 56 44
  2. (archaic, figuratively) A hospital or lazaret for quarantining patients suffering highly infectious diseases. Tags: archaic, figuratively
    Sense id: en-lazar_house-en-noun-Cqw17JmQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 42 58

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