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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 313 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LAZARETTO or

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LAZAR

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HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

HOUSE is a

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HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital for the reception of poor persons suffering from the

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PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague, leprosy or other infectious or contagious diseases . A

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PECULIAR

peculiar use of " lazaretto " is found in the application of the

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TERM

term, now obsolete, to a

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PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the after-

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PART

part of a

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MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

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VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel for the storage of provisions, &c . Lazzarone, a name now often applied generally to beggars, is an

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ITALIAN

Italian term, particularly used of the poorest class of Neapolitans, who, without any fixed

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ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode, live by

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ODD (in middle English odde, from old Norwegian oddi, an angle of a triangle; the old Norwegian oddamann is used of the third man who gives a casting vote in a dispute)

odd jobs and fishing, but chiefly by begging .

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