单词 | claustration |
释义 | claustrationn. a. The action of enclosing or confining in a cloister. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > encloistering cloistering1589 claustration1863 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > confinement confinement1646 claustration1863 shut-in-ness1913 1863 J. M. Ludlow Sisterhoods in Good Words 498 At Nancy in 1696, the Bishop of Toul tried to compel the claustration of the Grey Sisters of the city. b. transferred and figurative. Π 1908 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Mar. 2/1 In the earlier days of Islamic civilisation the claustration of women did not in the least imply their ignorance. 1924 ‘L. Malet’ Dogs of Want ii. 33 Barbara halted, enchanted to emerge from the claustration of the forest and breathe a more spacious air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1863 |
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