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Definition of Lazaret
1. Noun. Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy).
Definition of Lazaret
1. n. A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.
2. n. A low space under the after part of the main deck, used as a storeroom.
Definition of Lazaret
1. Noun. A lazaretto. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) A lazaretto. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lazaret
1. a hospital treating contagious diseases [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lazaret
Literary usage of Lazaret
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1906)
"House, or lazaret, where they shall be put to perform Quarantine, and the Watchmen,
&c., appointed to guard such Ships, Houses, ..."
2. Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman During His Life in the by John Henry Newman (1891)
"Now I must tell you that on the night of the i7th our next-door neighbour left
the lazaret about two o'clock and walked along the external gallery; ..."
3. The Statutes at Large: From Magna Charta to ... 1869 by Great Britain (1765)
"... lazaret, or other faid, ana every fach ... lazaret, or other place ... to any
ihip, lazaret or other place, ..."
4. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1857)
"On quitting tlie harbour, we passed the lazaret and the forts. We are now again
on the Mediterranean, and pursue our course with the land always in view to ..."
5. The Laws Relating to Quarantine of Her Majesty's Dominions at Home and by Sherston Baker (1879)
"CHAPTER I. Quarantine—Its definition—Its first establishment—The lazaret or
lazaretto—Former enactments on the subject. QUARANTINE is established and ..."
6. Practical Abridgement of the Laws of Customs and Excise ...Commerce (1819)
"... and officers shall be appointed, for the purpose of preventing clandestine
communication between persons in the lazaret and I hose in the hospital, ..."
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