lazar house

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of leprosery: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society. archaic
    — 15th c., William of Worcester, “The Rolle of Sencte Bartholemeweis Priorie” cited in William Barrett, The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol, 1789, p. 429, These bee alle the bookes ynne the ache Camberre & of the reste of the Lazar house bee cellis & beddis for the Lazars, beeynge manie in number […]
  2. A hospital or lazaret for quarantining patients suffering highly infectious diseases. archaic,figuratively
    — A portion of the Infirmary of the town was added to that already set apart for a fever-ward; the smitten were carried thither at once, whenever it was possible, in order to prevent the spread of infection; and on that lazar-house was concentrated all the medical skill and force of the place.

词形变化

lazar houses plural lazar-house alternative lazarhouse alternative

词源

From lazar + house.
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