lazar house noun2 •(figurative, no longer used) A hospital or lazaret for quarantining patients suffering highly infectious diseases. •(no longer used) Synonym of leprosery: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.The lazar house of Nancy, which was among the largest in Europe, had only four inmates during the regency of Marie de Médicis. — 1965 formslazar houses · lazar-houses