lazaretto

[laz-uh-ret-oh]

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noun, plural laz·a·ret·tos.

a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.

a building or a ship set apart for quarantine purposes.

Also called glory hole. Nautical. a small storeroom within the hull of a ship, especially one at the extreme stern.

Also laz·a·ret, laz·a·rette

[laz-uh-ret] /ˌlæz əˈrɛt/.

Origin of lazaretto

1540–50; < Upper Italian (Venetian) lazareto, blend of lazzaro lazar and Nazareto popular name of a hospital maintained in Venice by the Church of Santa Maria di Nazaret

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Related Words for lazaretto

detention, separation, seclusion, segregation, sequestration

Examples from the Web for lazaretto

Contemporary Examples of lazaretto

Earlier this week I got an advance copy of his new LP, Lazaretto; it hasn't left my earbuds since.
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Andrew Romano
June 13, 2014

Historical Examples of lazaretto

I'm a poor Englishman who has made his escape from the Lazaretto.
Confessions Of Con Cregan
Charles James Lever
I pulled up the harbor, and landed the other side of the Lazaretto.
Up the River
Oliver Optic
When I visited the lazaretto, Damien was already in his resting grave.
Father Damien
Robert Louis Stevenson
At Venice he is conducted to the lazaretto, to undergo the quarantine.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850
Various
The regulations to be observed in the lazaretto are given on the following page.
The Overland Guide-book
James Barber

British Dictionary definitions for lazaretto

lazaretto

lazaret or lazarette (ˌlæzəˈrɛt)

noun plural -rettos, -rets or -rettes

Also called: glory hole nautical a small locker at the stern of a boat or a storeroom between decks of a ship

Also called: lazar house, pesthouse (formerly) a hospital for persons with infectious diseases, esp leprosy

Word Origin for lazaretto

C16: Italian, from lazzaro lazar

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Word Origin and History for lazaretto

"house for reception of lepers and diseased poor persons," 1540s, from Italian lazareto "place set aside for performance of quarantine" (especially that of Venice, which received many ships from plague-infested districts in the East), from the Biblical proper name Lazarus. Meaning "building set apart for quarantine" is c.1600 in English. The word in Italian was perhaps influenced by the name of another hospital in Venice, that associated with the church of Santa Maria di Nazaret.