lazaretto
[laz-uh-ret-oh]
- 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.
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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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Contemporary Examples
Earlier this week I got an advance copy of his new LP, Lazaretto; it hasn't left my earbuds since.
Historical Examples
I'm a poor Englishman who has made his escape from the Lazaretto.
Confessions Of Con CreganCharles James Lever
I pulled up the harbor, and landed the other side of the Lazaretto.
Up the RiverOliver Optic
When I visited the lazaretto, Damien was already in his resting grave.
Father DamienRobert Louis Stevenson
At Venice he is conducted to the lazaretto, to undergo the quarantine.
The regulations to be observed in the lazaretto are given on the following page.
The Overland Guide-bookJames Barber
lazaretto
lazaret or lazarette (ˌlæzəˈrɛt)
- 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
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Word Origin
C16: Italian, from lazzaro lazar
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Word Origin and History for lazaretto
n.
"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.
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