leprosaria

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Definition of leprosaria

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noun

(uncommon)Synonym of leprosarium.

“There is Christian work today at the nine government-operated Philippine leprosariae, where the personal, moral, and spiritual needs of 6,290 lepers concern the church which ministers among them.”
“The only minor decline was in the number of leprosarias. In 1987 the Catholic Church managed two fewer leprosarias than in 1982.”

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noun

(uncommon)Synonym of leprosarium.

“There is Christian work today at the nine government-operated Philippine leprosariae, where the personal, moral, and spiritual needs of 6,290 lepers concern the church which ministers among them.”
“The only minor decline was in the number of leprosarias. In 1987 the Catholic Church managed two fewer leprosarias than in 1982.”
(form-of, plural)plural of leprosarium

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin leprōsāria, from leprōsus (“leprous”) + -āria, now usually under the influence of Spanish leprosería.

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