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Synonyms for leprosarium

Most common

leper colony

All synonyms

Noun

leper colony, leprosy dated rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An isolated building or community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

    In the middle of the twelfth century, France had more than 2,000 leprosariums

Forms

Plural
leprosariums → leprosies…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
leprosariumfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
leprosy3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (leprosy3 = 3 syllables).