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reclusion|rɪˈkluːʒən|
Also 5 recluc-.
[ad. L. reclūsiōn-em, n. of action f. reclūdĕre to reclude. Cf. F. reclusion (17th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. a. The action of shutting up, or fact of being shut up, in seclusion; a state of retirement.
c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. v. (Brasenose MS.) Þis one benefece of so longe reclucioun for oure sake. 1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 87 Vpon his first reclusion the father..giueth him a meditation to study vpon. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals iii. ii. 275 Thus Gregory the 14th. was chosen, after..two whole months reclusion of the Conclave. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., The bishop having harangued the people in praise of the new recluse,..conducted her processionally to her reclusion. 1824Southey Bk. of Ch. (1841) 194 Reclusion for the purpose of religious meditation, was the object of the earlier religious orders. 1908E. Wharton Hermit & Wild Woman 33 In a life of penance and reclusion her eyes might be opened to her iniquity. 1971T. Merton Contemplation in World of Action ii. v. 300 It must not be imagined that these problems of order rose exclusively from a lack of legislation and from a too-free development of ‘charisms’ of pilgrimage, hermit-solitude or reclusion.
b. The fact of being shut up as a prisoner, esp. in solitary confinement. (Usu. after F. reclusion.)
1872Daily News 13 Aug., A promise that the five years' ‘reclusion’ shall be changed to five years' simple imprisonment. 1886Stevenson Kidnapped 290 We could no doubt find some men of the Covenant who would swear to your reclusion.
2. A place of religious retreat or seclusion.
1797Southey Lett. Journ. Spain (1808) I. 116 He was obliged to establish Convents and Reclusions, as they were called, in other parts. |