leprosy
part of speech
noun (leprosy, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) An illness caused by germs (bacteria) that harms the skin and nerves, so people can lose feeling in their hands and feet. tree →
2) (Bible) In the Bible, «leprosy» meant several skin diseases; people with it had to live apart, and Jesus healed lepers. tree →
sense in the lessons
In religion lessons Jesus touching and healing lepers shows his compassion for people that others avoided. In science and health, leprosy today can be cured with medicine and is hard to catch. Phrases: «suffer from leprosy», «cure leprosy», «leprosy mission».
examples
- Jesus healed ten men who had leprosy. tree →
- Leprosy can now be cured with medicine. tree →
- In old times people with leprosy had to live outside the town. tree →
- Leprosy harms the nerves, so people may not feel pain. tree →
- Father Damien cared for people with leprosy in Hawaii. tree →
- Charities still help people with leprosy around the world. tree →
- The first said: “Let her be struck with leprosy in her face.” tree →
note
Uncountable. Person: leper (today «person with leprosy» is kinder). Myth: fingers and toes do not just «fall off»; injuries happen because people cannot feel pain. It is not easily caught by touching.
In the corpora
- Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners and touched people with leprosy, whom others avoided.
- Jesus healed ten men with leprosy, but only one, a Samaritan, came back to say thank you.
- When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest.
- And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.
- And when the plague of leprosy is in a garment, whether it be a woolen garment, or a linen garment;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «leprosy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.