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lazarette
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laz·a·ret·to  (lz-rt) also laz·a·ret or laz·a·rette (-rt)
n. pl. laz·a·ret·tos also laz·a·rets or laz·a·rettes
1. A hospital treating contagious diseases.
2. A building or ship used as a quarantine station.
3. often lazaret Nautical A storage space between the decks of a ship.
[Italian lazzaretto : blend of lazzaro, lazar (from Late Latin Lazarus, Lazarus; see lazar) and dialectal Nazareto, popular name for a hospital maintained in Venice by the Church of Santa Maria di Nazaret.]
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Noun1.lazarette - hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
lazar house, lazaret, lazaretto, pesthouse
hospital, infirmary - a health facility where patients receive treatment
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117] and so provided a justification for segregation and, in the case of those identified as lepers, confinement at lazarets, leper colonies, or banishment to off-shore islands.
Leprosy and Empire: A Medical and Cultural History by Parle, Julie / Journal of Social History
The peace this book will describe," Cohen explains eloquently in her introduction, "was forged not in back rooms and ministerial chambers but in arenas of broad public participation, in soup kitchens and makeshift local pension offices, homes for orphaned children and villas turned lazarets.
The War Come Home: Disabled Veterans in Britain and Germany, 1914-1939 by Reznick, Jeffrey S. / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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