leprosery
suomi-englanti sanakirjaleprosery englanniksi
A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
1818 Aug., ''Friend of India'', p. 92:
- (w), king of France, made bequests in the year (w) to two thousand Leprosaries within his own dominions.
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