leper house

noun

1. a hospital for lepers; leprosarium.

Word History and Origins

Origin of leper house¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

“Besides a general hospital we have likewise a leper-house,” said the bookseller.

From Project Gutenberg

The other endowed leper-house of the metropolis was the hospital of St James, in the fields beyond Westminster.

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Before the first notice of the earliest Scotch leper-house that I have been able to trace—viz.

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We speak of the churchyard as "haunted," and we recoil in horror from the leper-house or the cholera-camp.

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In earlier times a Leper-house existed just beyond the gate.

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