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Noun: lazar house
Usage: archaic
  1. Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
    "The island once housed a lazar house for quarantining sailors with contagious illnesses";
    - lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette, pesthouse

Derived forms: lazar houses

Type of: hospital, infirmary

Encyclopedia: Lazar house