lazar house

2 definitions found

lazar house - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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

lazar house - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lazar house
      n 1: hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially
           leprosy) [syn: lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette, lazar house
           , pesthouse]