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leprosaria

leprosaria noun: synonym of leprosarium. Also the plural of leprosarium.

Noun

leprosaria (plural leprosarias or leprosariae)

  1. (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.1956, Dwight E. Stevenson, Christianity in the Philippines, page 23
    • The only minor decline was in the number of leprosarias. In 1987 the Catholic Church managed two fewer leprosarias than in 1982.1995, Satya R. Pattnayak, Organized Religion in the Political Transformation of Latin America, page 214
    Synonyms:
    leprosarium

Also used as

leprosaria is also the plural of leprosarium.

Synonyms of leprosaria

Forms of leprosaria

pluralleprosarias
pluralleprosariae

Origin of leprosaria

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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin leprōsārium.

Questions about leprosaria

What does leprosaria mean?
Leprosaria means synonym of leprosarium.
What part of speech is leprosaria?
Leprosaria is a noun.
What is the plural of leprosaria?
The plural of leprosaria is leprosarias.

Words near leprosaria in the dictionary

  1. lepromatic
  2. lepromatoid
  3. lepromatous
  4. lepromin
  5. leprophobia
  6. leprosaria
  7. leprosariae
  8. leprosarias
  9. leprosaries
  10. leprosarium
  11. leprosariums

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