leper colony

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• leper colony — leper ,colony noun count a place where a group of people who have LEPROSY live, away from other people, so that the disease will not spread …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Leper colony — [ thumb|right|Spinalonga on Crete, Greece, one of the last leper colonies in Europe, closed in 1957.] A leper colony, leprosarium, or lazar house is a place to quarantine leprous people.HistoryLeper colonies or houses became popular in the Middle …   Wikipedia

• Colony (disambiguation) — Contents 1 Society 1.1 Animals, insects, micro organisms, plants 2 Places …   Wikipedia

• colony — col|o|ny [ˈkɔləni US ˈka: ] n plural colonies [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: colonie, from Latin colonia, from colonus farmer, someone who develops a new place , from colere to prepare land for crops ] 1.) a country or area that is under …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• colony — noun (C) 1 a country or area that is under the political control of a more powerful country, usually one that is far away: Algeria was formerly a French colony. see also: crown colony, dominion (3), protectorate 2 a group of people who live in a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• colony */*/ — UK [ˈkɒlənɪ] / US [ˈkɑlənɪ] noun [countable] Word forms colony : singular colony plural colonies 1) a) a country that is controlled by another country a former British colony b) one of the parts of North America that was ruled by Britain before… …   English dictionary

• colony — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Middle English colonie, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin colonia, from colonus farmer, colonist, from colere to cultivate more at wheel Date: 14th century 1. a. a body of people living in a new …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• colony — col|o|ny [ kaləni ] noun count ** 1. ) a country that is being controlled by another country: a former British colony a ) one of the parts of North America that was ruled by Britain before becoming the U.S. 2. ) a group of people of a particular… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• colony — n. 1) to establish a colony 2) to disband a colony 3) a crown colony 4) an artists ; leper; nudist; penal colony 5) an ant colony * * * [ kɒlənɪ] leper nudist penal colony a crown colony an ant colony an artists …   Combinatory dictionary

• Leper Chapel, Cambridge — The Leper Chapel in Cambridge, also currently known as the Leper Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, lies on the east side of the city, off Newmarket Road just after crossing over the railway line at Barnwell Junction. It is probably the oldest… …   Wikipedia

• Toussaint (leper chief) — Toussaint the leper colony chief (ca.1890 ???, in Chacachacare). Was a French man, believed to have served time at Devil s Island had obtained leprosy probably on the island. He was sent to a leper colony on Chacachacare and stayed in the colony… …   Wikipedia