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leper Definition

leper (lepər)

noun

  1. a person having leprosy
  2. a person to be shunned or ostracized, as because of the danger of moral contamination

Etymology: ME lepre, leprosy < OFr < LL lepra (L leprae, pl.) < Gr < lepros, rough, scaly < lepein, to peel < IE base *lep-, to peel off, scale > OE læfer, rush, reed

leper Synonyms

leper

n.

pariah, untouchable, outcast, leprosy case; see invalid, patient.

leper Usage Examples

Possessives

  • bell: That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter.
  • cleansing: Two sparrows were sold for a farthing, and no more was needed for the leper's cleansing.

Preposition: as

white: And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow " .

Converse of object

  • cleanse: His " I will " cleansed the leper; the maimed were made whole.
  • heal: Jesus was asking them to do what a healed leper would do.
  • touch: The first is that by touching the leper Jesus himself breaks the law.
  • come: And behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
  • become: As the smoker has become a pariah, sufferers from lung cancer have become the lepers of the twenty-first century.
  • embrace: Yet to embrace the leper can be the way of holiness.

Adjective modifier

  • many: Over the course of his three-year ministry, Jesus healed many lepers, cast out many demons, and had dinner with many people.
  • social: At the end of the event I have rarely felt anymore like a social leper.
  • poor: Oh what a wonderful thing is this, that the King of all kings talketh here most familiarly with a poor wretched leper!
  • European: Petition from European lepers, 8 May 1908, Health Branch, CA, CO 8053.
  • spiritual: Do you stand before God as a spiritual leper?

Modifies a noun

  • colony: The leper colony does not have to be taken literally.
  • hospital: The nearest leper hospital lay outside St Stephen's Gate.
  • asylum: The leper asylum in Almora was one of the oldest institutions of its kind in India ( Lewis, 1960 ).
  • chapel: Yet the leper chapel on the Cowley Road has claim to be a Franciscan place for all who love SSF.
  • institution: Leper Institutions tended to be sited just outside the town walls.

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