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Leprosy: a terrible disease of the skin and blood, once prevalent in Europe, now mostly confined to the East.
lazar: a leper; one suffering from a foul disease like Lazarus in St. Luke xvi.
congregate: flock together, crowd with.
stringent: strict.
statutes: rules or laws.
Book of the Jewish Law: that is, the book Leviticus.
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