Usually means: Isolated community for leprosy patients.
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▸ noun:  An isolated community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

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leprosarium, leprosery, lazaretto, lazaret, lock hospital, lazar house, lazarhouse, quarantine, lazar-house, nudist colony, more...



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