leprosarium

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin leprōsus (“leprous”).

Noun

leprosarium (plural leprosariums or leprosaria)

1. A place or institution (such as a colony, house or hospital) used for the treatment of leprosy.
   • Madness & Civilization, "Introduction" by José Barchilon

     In the middle of the twelfth century, France had more than 2,000 leprosariums […]

Synonyms

• lazar house
• leper house
• leper colony
• leper house
• leprosery

Translations

institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people

• Dutch: leprozerie (nl) f, leprakolonie f, leprozenhuis (nl) n
• French: léproserie (fr) f, ladrerie (fr) f, maladrerie (fr) f
• Galician: malataría f, lazareto m, leprosaría f, gafaría f
• German: Leprakolonie f, Leprakrankenhaus n, Lepraheim n, Leprosorium n, Leprosenhaus (de) n
• Greek: λαζαρέτο (el) n (lazaréto)
• Norwegian: leprosarium n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: leprosário m, lazareto (pt) m, leprosório m, gafaria f, leprosaria f
• Serbo-Croatian: лепрозаријум m (leprozarijum)
• Tagalog: ketungan
• Volapük: lepradanöp

See also

• leprology