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cloisterer arch.|ˈklɔɪstərə(r)| Forms: 4 cloistrere, 4–6 cloystrer, -e, 4–7 -terer, 5 cloistrer, 6 -eer, 6–9 cloisterer. [a. OF. cloistrier (mod.F. cloîtrier):—late L. claustrārius, f. claustrum.] One who dwells in a cloister; a monk or nun.
1340Ayenb. 67 Þe cloystrers aye þe abbottes and þe priours. c1340Cursor M. 27172 (Fairf.) Werlds man, clerk or cloistrere [Cott. closterer]. c1386Chaucer Prol. 259. 1481 Caxton Reynard v. (Arb.) 10 He was a cloysterer or a closyd recluse. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Pref. 3 Counter⁓faict cloistreers of Antichristes owne generacion. 1627Bp. Hall No Peace with Rome §20. 680 Some superstitious old wife, or some idle and silly cloysterer. 1818J. H. Frere Whistlecraft's National Poem iii. ix, A race of cloisterers. |