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laz·a·ret·to

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–noun, plural -tos.

1.	a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, esp. leprosy.

2.	a building or a ship set apart for quarantine purposes.

3.	Also called glory hole. Nautical. a small storeroom within the hull of a ship, esp. one at the extreme stern.

Also, laz·a·ret, laz·a·rette

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[Origin: 1540–50; < Upper It (Venetian) lazareto, b. lazzaro lazar and Nazareto popular name of a hospital maintained in Venice by the Church of Santa Maria di Nazaret

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laz·a·ret·to Audio Help (lāz'ə-rět'ō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. laz·a·ret·tos also laz·a·rets or laz·a·rettes

A hospital treating contagious diseases.
A building or ship used as a quarantine station.
often lazaret Nautical A storage space between the decks of a ship.

[Italian lazzaretto : blend of lazzaro, lazar (from Late Latin Lazarus, Lazarus; see lazar) and dialectal Nazareto, popular name for a hospital maintained in Venice by the Church of Santa Maria di Nazaret.]

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lazaretto

1549, "house for reception of lepers and diseased poor persons," from It. lazareto "place set aside for performance of quarantine" (especially that of Venice, which received many ships from plague-infested districts in the East), from the Biblical proper name Lazarus (Luke xvi.20), which was extended in medieval usage to "any poor and visibly diseased person" (cf. Eng. lazar, 1340, "one deformed and nauseous with filthy and pestilential diseases" [Johnson]). Meaning "building set apart for quarantine" is 1605 in Eng. The name Lazarus is from a Gk. rendition of Heb. El'azar, lit. "God has helped."

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lazaretto
noun
1.	hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
2.	a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship [syn: glory hole]

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Main Entry: laz·a·ret·to
Pronunciation: "laz-&-'ret-(")O
Variant: or laz·a·ret /-'ret, -'rEt/
Function:noun
Inflected Form: plural -rettos or -rets
1 usually lazaretto : an institution (as a hospital) for those with contagiousdiseases
2 : a building or a ship used for detention in quarantine

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