leprosarium

American  

[lep-ruh-sair-ee-uhm] / ˌlɛp rəˈsɛər i əm /

noun

plural

leprosaria

1. a hospital for the treatment of lepers.

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leprosarium British  

/ ˌlɛprəˈsɛərɪəm /

noun

1. a hospital or other centre for the treatment or care of lepers

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Etymology

Origin of leprosarium

From Medieval Latin, dating back to 1840–50; leprous, -ary

Example Sentences

And the tumbledown barracks building under a banyan tree. used as a leprosarium, is in such disrepair that Dr. Donohugh suggested the only thing to do was to burn it down.

From Time Magazine Archive

It wasn't until she had set up a leprosarium outside Calcutta on land provided by the government that I began to see her as an idealist rather than an eccentric.

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With the news of Kennedy's death, a Viennese ice show halted in mid-performance; in Belgium, a six-day bicycle race was interrupted; in distant Nepal, the ceremonial opening of a leprosarium was postponed.

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The women I had been close to in Loreto House, women who in the '70s had become socialite wives and volunteer social workers, were devoted to Mother Teresa and her projects, especially the leprosarium.

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Lepers were some of the earliest patients for whom a specialized treatment was recognized, 792 and in 1118 a leprosarium was built in London for isolation purposes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various