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Lepers

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lazarnoun(archaic) Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.
cleansedverbthe third play by the English playwright Sarah Kane.
lazarsnoun(archaic) Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.
leprosynoun(pathology, medicine) An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae, gradually producing nerve damage and patches of skin necrosis and historically handled by permanently quarantining its sufferers.
outcastsnounOne that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.
leprosariumnounAn isolated building or community used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
hermitsnounA recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
saintsnoun(soccer) A nickname of Southampton Football Club, a football club from Southampton, England.
sinnersnounthose who commit acts that violate known moral rules.
poorhousesnounA charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.
nunsnounA member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.
savagesnouna play by British writer Christopher Hampton.
friarsnounA member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
mendicantnounA religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
pigstiesnoun(colloquial) A dirty or very untidy place.
wretchesnouna 2018 South Korean drama film written and directed by Kim Baek-jun.
hellenistsnoun
fakirsnoun(Islam) A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
heathenismnounpaganism, heathendom
missionariesnoun(religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).

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