leprosarium
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- noun
- /ˌlɛprəˈsɛriəm/
- Specialized
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leprosario
- 34 The rules of Lille did include restrictions on the behavior of lepers: they should not leave the leprosarium without permission; when they did leave, they should always travel in pairs; and there should be no private conversations between women and men.
Examples
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John Chrysostom never thought of the leprosarium as confinement, but as an institution of comfort for those deprived of the benefits of the polis community.
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During his episcopacy, he began construction of a large leprosarium outside the capital.
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The leprosarium did not force the sick to stay.
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Thus, the founders had not located this leprosarium in a remote location, isolated from other dwellings.
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The rules also mentioned that the leprosarium had a gate which opened onto a piazza and that houses stood across the square opposite the hospice entrance.
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These rules required that lepers who wished to enter the leprosarium surrender their property (one would assume movable property) upon entering the community.
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Gregory of Tours did not provide any details on how this leprosarium functioned, but he did refer to a church attached to the hospice which was large enough to hold a grand assembly of local abbots and clergymen.
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By examining skeletal remains from leprosarium cemeteries, archaeologists can determine which skeletons show signs of the disease and thus estimate how many residents in leper hospitals actually suffered from this illness.
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Patients in the leprosarium received care and support from dedicated staff.
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The community built a leprosarium to help those suffering from leprosy stay healthy and safe.
Synonyms
A place where sick people are kept to stop a disease from spreading
A hospital where people with contagious diseases are kept separate
A hospital where people with leprosy lived and got care in the past
How Isolating
Surface Forms
Morphology
leprosarium = leprosy (transparent) = lepros + arium
The word is a straightforward place-formation from 'leprosy' plus the place suffix '-arium', so knowing 'leprosy' makes the meaning clear.
Etymology
The word leprosarium comes from the root lepro-, the same root as leper, from Greek lepra meaning 'scaly', and the ending -arium meaning 'place for', like in aquarium. So a leprosarium is a 'place for' people with leprosy, a hospital where they were cared for and kept apart.