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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society..
Lewis VIII, king of France, made bequests in the year 1227 to two thousand Leprosaries within his own dominions.
There was a rule that the leproserie should take contagious cases only.
Use leprosery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Leprosery means A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society..
Common synonyms include lazar house, leper house.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Lewis VIII, king of France, made bequests in the year 1227 to two thousand Leprosaries within his own dominions.
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