leprosery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
    — Lewis VIII, king of France, made bequests in the year 1227 to two thousand Leprosaries within his own dominions.

词形变化

leproseries plural leprosary alternative leproserie alternative

词源

Borrowed from French léproserie and léprosarie, from Medieval Latin leprōsārium, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -ārium (“-ary: building related to”). Equivalent to leprose + -ery.
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