'Lazar house' definitions:

Definition of 'lazar house'

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noun
Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) [syn: lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette, lazar house, pesthouse]

Definition of 'Lazar house'

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  • Lazar \La"zar\, n. [OF. lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi. 20.] A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Lazar house a lazaretto; also, a hospital for quarantine. [1913 Webster] Lazaret