leper
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"Hapcheon already had a leper colony," Mr Shim explains.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025
Chief among the rudely treated are women of childbearing age and the denizens of a leper colony outside Nazareth’s gates.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022
There is a moment in Warner’s novel when the bishop’s clerk journeys to a leper house and participates in an impromptu recital of Ars Nova, a new style of polyphonic music.
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2021
A triumphant McKissick called Wood's supporters "a fringe, rogue group" and vowed to turn them into a "leper colony" by building parallel Republican organizations in their territory.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2021
“I was a leper, with a bell around my neck.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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