leper in the PONS Dictionary

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The conspirators were motivated by both greed and disgust at the notion of having a leper colony nearby.
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These "slimies" live in a former leper colony.
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There is a leper window in the north wall.
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As a poor leper, he wanders the streets to beg for food.
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Tracking the tiger's trail in the early morning they discover the human remains, which turn out to be that of a leper.
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His ex-wife has long since hung up the phone, and he is a leper once more.
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These three ingredients were part of the ritual of cleansing of a leper.
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These were not hospitals in the modern sense but primarily intended as lazarets or leper colonies that later became shelters for vagrants and beggars.
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The earliest notices of the leper house appear to date to the late 12th century.
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He also speaks his parting words and requests a leper's statue to be risen in his likeness, as a threatening example to philanderers like himself.
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