leprosery

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leprosery englanniksi

  1. A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

  2. 1818 Aug., ''Friend of India'', p. 92:

  3. (w), king of France, made bequests in the year (w) to two thousand Leprosaries within his own dominions.
  4. {{quote-text|en|year=1961|author=Graham Greene|title=Burnt-out Case|page=13