lazaretto
noun
a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
lazarettos
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pluralof lazaretto.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Calling themselves “quarantine tourists,” they trace the footsteps of “philanthropist, vegetarian, and prison-reform advocate” John Howard, who, in 1785, set out to inspect the condition of people placed in Mediterranean lazarettos, or quarantine hospitals.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021
A tiny island in the Venetian Lagoon in Italy, Santa Maria di Nazareth, is the site of one of the first lazarettos.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
It is one of the few surviving lazarettos in the United States.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2021
He passed days in pest-houses and lazarettos, and finally laid down his life in the blessed work of charity at Cherson in the Crimea.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 by Various
A declaration upon oath, weakened in importance by its too frequent administration at custom-houses, lazarettos, &c.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
