| 单词 | leper house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleper house leper house n. now historical a building, hospice, or hospital used for the isolation and care of people with leprosy; cf. lazar-house n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > leper-house or lazaretto mesel house?a1400 mesel-cote1402 malantary?a1425 maladerie1461 lazar-cote1470 lazar-house1530 lazaretto1549 lazarus-house1560 leper house1574 pest-house1594 lazaret1611 leprosery1792 leper asylum1818 leprosy1834 leprosarium1869 1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 393 Ane hous callit the lipper hous,..betuix the said burgh and the auld toun of Abirdene. 1659 S. Rutherford Infl. Life of Grace ii. ii. 140 The house of sinful Adam, that we lay claim unto, is a botch-house, and leper-house, and worse. 1779 J. Carver New Universal Traveller 553/2 Castle-martyr..was anciently called Leper's town, as is said, from a leper-house in the neighbourhood. 1855 A. P. Stanley Hist. Memorials Canterbury (1857) ii. 104 This hospital, or leper-house,..was then fresh from the hands of its founder. 1991 A. Nikiforuk Fourth Horseman iii. 30 All of the oldest and most famous infirmaries in France, Italy and England began as leper houses. < as lemmas |
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