Found 2 items, similar to lazar house.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lazar house lazar house n : hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) [syn: lazaretto, lazaret, lazarette, pesthouse]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Lazar house 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]