leper

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

In Connecticut, state officials are re-opening previously closed facilities to create separate nursing homes only for residents who are positive for COVID-19 — like modern-day leper colonies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2020

“Besides, if you might be a leper, then I might be, too,” she said.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

"I simply hope that people who, in my opinion, have been treated rather like lepers, are now on a journey which treats them as people with a health condition."

From BBC ● May 16, 2022

Mind you, this is the supremely healthy, singing-and-dancing variety of lepers.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022

"Jesus went around healing lepers and touched them without fear of getting leprosy," he said.

From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2021

“These are the lepers of our society, and my passion is to be alongside them. Not to judge or lecture but to love them.”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2018

“Most of the lepers came to America already sick,” she said.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk