lazar
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Origin of lazar
1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin lazarus leper, special use of Late Latin Lazarus Lazarus
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As for the first two, we have seen how lazar houses were established outside every town, and how public granaries were built.
From The History of London by Sir Walter Besant
Two of Vincent's men were in this lazar, shut off from the world, for the soldier, reckless in battle, has a shuddering horror of this loathsome disease.
From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Henry F. (Henry Francis) Keenan
As for their houses—the lazar houses—the chief of them all, the place where Abbot possessed some kind of authority over the others, was one built in a village near Melton Mowbray called Burton Lazars.
From The History of London by Sir Walter Besant
In the noisome lazar houses, amongst the lepers, in the shambles of Newgate, here on the swamps between the walls and the Thames, where men live and suffer.
From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
To prevent mischief, however, Leonard set off after him, and was fast gaining upon the lazar, whose strength was evidently failing, when the poor wretch uttered a loud cry, and fell to the ground.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by William Harrison Ainsworth
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