"leprosery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leproseries [plural]
Etymology: From French léproserie and léprosarie, from Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ārium (“-ary: building related to”). Equivalent to leprose + -ery. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|léproserie}} French léproserie, {{der|en|ML.|leprōsārium}} Medieval Latin leprōsārium, {{suffix|en|leprose|ery}} leprose + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} leprosery (plural leproseries)
  1. A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society. Wikipedia link: leper colony Categories (topical): Buildings, Healthcare, Leprosy, Medicine Synonyms: lazar house, leper house, leprosary, leproserie Hypernyms: leprosarium, hospital Translations (building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony): leprozerie [feminine] (Dutch), leprozenhuis [neuter] (Dutch), lazerij [feminine] (Dutch), léproserie [feminine] (French), ladrerie [feminine] (French), maladrerie [feminine] (French), malataría [feminine] (Galician), lazareto [masculine] (Galician), leprosaría [feminine] (Galician), gafaría [feminine] (Galician), Leprakrankenhaus [neuter] (German), Lepraheim [neuter] (German), Leprosorium [neuter] (German), Leprosenhaus [neuter] (German), λαζαρέτο (lazaréto) [neuter] (Greek), lebbrosario [masculine] (Italian), leprosorium [neuter] (Latin), leprosarium [neuter] (Latin), leprosarium [neuter] (Norwegian), leprozorium [neuter] (Polish), leprosário [masculine] (Portuguese), lazareto [masculine] (Portuguese), leprosório [masculine] (Portuguese), gafaria [feminine] (Portuguese), leprosaria [feminine] (Portuguese), лепрозаријум (leprozarijum) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ketungan (Tagalog), lepradanöp (Volapük)

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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "leprosarium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "leprozorium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leprosário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lazareto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leprosório"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gafaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leprosaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "leprozarijum",
      "sense": "building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лепрозаријум"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony",
      "word": "ketungan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "building used to quarantine and treat lepers — see also leper colony",
      "word": "lepradanöp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leprosery"
}

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