leper house
noun
a hospital for lepers; leprosarium.
Origin of leper house
1First recorded in 1850–55
Words Nearby leper house
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How to use leper house in a sentence
“Besides a general hospital we have likewise a leper-house,” said the bookseller.
The Bible in Spain | George BorrowThe other endowed leper-house of the metropolis was the hospital of St James, in the fields beyond Westminster.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonBefore the first notice of the earliest Scotch leper-house that I have been able to trace—viz.
Archaeological Essays Vol. 2 | James Y. SimpsonWe speak of the churchyard as "haunted," and we recoil in horror from the leper-house or the cholera-camp.
Preventable Diseases | Woods HutchinsonIn earlier times a Leper-house existed just beyond the gate.
Addresses & Papers / Collectanea | Peter Eade
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