cloistern.

Brit.

/ˈklɔɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈklɔɪstər/

Forms: Middle English cloystor, cloistre, Middle English cloystre, Middle English–1700s cloyster, Middle English cloystere, Middle English–1500s cloysture, 1500s–1600s cloisture, Middle English– cloister.

Etymology: Middle English cloistre , < Old French cloistre, earlier clostre < Latin claustrum , clōstrum , ‘a bar, bolt, lock’, later ‘a shut up place, a cloister’, < claud- , claus- to shut + -trum instrumental suffix. Before the adoption of the French form, Old English had already clauster n. and clústor from Latin, and Middle English had also closter n., and clowster.

a. An enclosed place or space, enclosure; close; compass. Also figurative. Obsolete or archaic. (In later use apparently taken as figurative from sense 2a or 3b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place

lockOE

close1297

cloisterc1300

purseynta1325

clausurea1398

closinga1398

closera1400

blokc1400

procinct1422

parclosea1470

enterclose1480

enclose1483

closure1496

sept1548

enclosure1552

shut1605

cincture1627

precinct1774

encincture1849

zariba1885

c1300 Beket 2089 Into the cloistre of Canterbure with grete noyse hi gonne weve.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 968 Vt-wyth to se þat clene cloystor, Þou may, bot in-wyth not a fote.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlvi. f. lxxix^v/2 He..edefyed a lytyll cloysture of stones.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. ix. 924 One part..was strongly fortified with a mure of less circuite and cloisture [L. circulo] than the other.

1647 J. Hall Poems i. 13 Within the Cloyster of a nut.

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 26 'Tis now time for the Plume to rouze out of its Cloysters, and germinate.

1831 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Mar. 132/1 Immured..in cloisters of the mind.

†b. Applied to the womb. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > womb

wombeOE

innethc888

bosom971

bitc1000

motherc1300

cloisterc1386

mawc1390

flanka1398

marisa1400

matricea1400

clausterc1400

mater?a1425

matrix?a1425

wamec1425

bellyc1440

oven?1510

bermother1527

child's bed1535

bairn-bedc1550

uterus1615

kelder1647

ventera1656

childbed1863

c1386 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 43 With-Inne the Cloistre blisful of thy sydis.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 220 The cloyster of mary beryth hym.

1539 Bk. Ceremonies in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. cix. 285 Christ..came from the..virginal cloister of his mother.

a. A place of religious seclusion; a monastery or nunnery; a convent.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > [noun]

minstereOE

monklifeeOE

clausterc1000

abbotricOE

house?a1160

anchor-house?c1225

religion?c1225

abbeyc1300

nunneryc1300

house (also abbey) of religiona1325

nunryc1325

closterc1330

cloister1340

monasterya1425

monk-house?c1475

friars1479

convent1528

guild1546

prioressy1575

abbey-stead1620

minchery1710

reclusory1821

akhara1838

house of piety1838

kloster1844

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 242 Lottes wyf betokneþ ham..þet habbeþ hear body ine cloystre, an zetteþ hare herten ine þe wordle.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 28 A cloyster of black nonnes.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. v. 536 Let a Monke be content with his cloister.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. lv. sig. X Fitter for a cloyster then a crowne.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 71 If you..can endure the liuery of a Nunne, For aye to be in shady cloyster, mew'd.

1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iii. 122 The villanies of the Cloistures.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iii. §9 Those things which the Ægyptian Priests had to that time kept secret in their Cloysters.

1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 98 There are several cloysters remaining in this city, which are now secularized.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 151 Þes yef þe [of wytte] is priour ine þe cloystre of þe zaule.

1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 26 Nor in a secret cloister doth he keepe These virgin spirits.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) ii. 78 To withdraw..into the cloister of his ideal world.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 30 Freed..from the cloister of pedantry.

c. the cloister: the seclusion of a cloister; monastic life.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > monastic life or condition

monkhoodeOE

religiona1200

habitc1290

monkheada1400

religiosityc1443

monkery?1536

monachism?1570

monkship1620

cowl1653

monkism1659

monkishnessa1729

the cloister1781

monasticism1795

monkliness1887

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlvii. 775 The austerity of the cloyster.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 145 In a manner which scents of the cloister.

1888 ‘Bernard’ From World to Cloister ii. 14 Reflection and preparation before they enter the cloister.

a. A covered walk or arcade connected with a monastery, college, or large church, serving as a way of communication between different parts of the group of buildings, and sometimes as a place of exercise or study; often running round the open court of a quadrangle, with a plain wall on the one side, and a series of windows or an open colonnade on the other. (Often in plural.)

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > cloister

cloisterc1400

closec1449

lobby1563

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory > portico or arcade > in a monastery, church, or college

cloisterc1400

lobby1563

c1400 Mandeville Voiage & Travaile (1839) vi. 70 Under the cloystre of the Chirche.

1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 615 The cloyster or walking place of Alsoule Colledge in Oxenford.

1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 To walk the studious Cloysters pale.

a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 8 New Coll. schoole, situated between the west part of the chappell, and E. part of the cloyster.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 167. ⁋1 To be interred..in the Cloysters near Westminster Abbey.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 238 The court yard is surrounded with a cloister as it is in monasteries.

1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 261 I was loitering about the old gray cloisters of Westminster Abbey.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 299 Granta's quiet solitudes, her cloisters and her halls.

b. A similar walk or arcade in connection with other buildings.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory > portico or arcade

alurec1325

alley1363

gallerya1500

aluring1501

cloisterc1540

pawn1548

stoa1603

portico1607

row1610

porticus1617

corridor1620

piazza1642

xystus1664

arcade1731

veranda1873

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 684 Till he come thurghe a cloyster to a clene halle.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 15 The pillars and arched Cloysters of that princely pallace.

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 197 One long Street, with narrow Porticoes, or Cloysters on both sides.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xvi. 283 [Wilton Hall] A quadrangle cloister full of antique and modern statuary.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

cloister-bower n.

† cloister-brood n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxi. f. 89^v Friers, and Nunnes..the hypocrisie, and vncleannesse of that Cloyster-broode.

cloister-chapel n.

cloister-court n.

ΚΠ

1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon ii. xxxiv. 56 To the cloyster-court in crowds tumultuous came.

† cloister-creeper n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. 41 a Monkes, Friers, and other Cloyster-crepers.

cloister-life n.

ΚΠ

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 538 Manye monkis han be take out of cloistir lijf to be bischopis.

cloister-man n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > monk > [noun]

monkeOE

brotherOE

claustermanc1175

man (woman, etc.) of religiona1200

cloister-monkc1325

friarc1330

son1416

religion manc1475

pater1481

abbey man1483

scapularc1540

monach?c1550

cloister-man1581

monastic1632

cowlist1637

religieux?a1649

religioso1708

saint1888

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 1169 False prechers and Cloister men.

cloister-monk n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > monk > [noun]

monkeOE

brotherOE

claustermanc1175

man (woman, etc.) of religiona1200

cloister-monkc1325

friarc1330

son1416

religion manc1475

pater1481

abbey man1483

scapularc1540

monach?c1550

cloister-man1581

monastic1632

cowlist1637

religieux?a1649

religioso1708

saint1888

c1325 Metr. Hom. 30 An cloyster monk.

cloister-quadrangle n.

cloister-room n.

C2.

cloister-garth n. the open court enclosed by a cloister.

ΚΠ

1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 135 The cloisters..are arranged round three or four sides of a quadrangular area, termed the cloister garth.

cloister-wise adv.

ΚΠ

a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 71 'Twas Cloister-wise contriv'd with Arches strong.

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cloisterv.

Brit.

/ˈklɔɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈklɔɪstər/

Forms: For forms see cloister n.

Etymology: < cloister n., or < French cloistrer (16th cent. in Littré).

1. transitive. To shut up, enclose, or place in a cloister or monastic house.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > [verb (transitive)] > place in an order

cloister1591

encloister1622

clauster1635

enclose1872

society > faith > church government > monasticism > anchorite > enclose in a cloister [verb (transitive)]

cloister1591

encloister1622

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes A iiij This younger sister I thought to haue cloystred vp in some solitarynes.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 23 Hie thee to Fraunce, And cloister thee in some religious house.

1692 T. P. Blount Ess. 41 That little stock of learning..was cloyster'd up in Monasteries and Abbeys.

a1714 J. Sharp Serm. I. iii. (R.) Those that cloyster up themselves in a monastery.

1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 185 She..no sooner was cloister'd, but, [etc.].

a. To shut up in any seclusion or retirement.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > seclude [verb (transitive)] > confine

cloister1581

seclude1598

confine1634

maroon1904

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 240 Studentes cloystured them selues together.

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iv. xiii. 335 When at home, they were cloyster'd up.

a1851 D. M. Moir Field of Pinkie ii, in Poet. Wks. (1852) The blackbird, cloistered in the oak.

1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. i. 34 [He] cloistered himself in his study.

†b. To shut up, enclose (things). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)]

pena1200

bebar?c1225

loukc1275

beshuta1300

parc1300

to shut in1398

to close inc1400

parrockc1400

pinc1400

steekc1400

lock?a1425

includec1425

key?a1439

spare?c1450

enferme1481

terminea1500

bebay1511

imprisona1533

besetc1534

hema1552

ram1567

warda1586

closet1589

pound1589

seclude1598

confine1600

i-pend1600

uptie1600

pinfold1605

boundify1606

incoop1608

to round in1609

ring1613

to buckle ina1616

embounda1616

swathe1624

hain1636

coopa1660

to sheathe up1661

stivea1722

cloister1723

span1844

1723 J. Macky Journey through Scotl. v. 69 The Books neatly kept, and cloister'd with Doors of Wire.

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 78 The library is..well furnished with Books, put in very good Order, cloistered with Wire Doors.

3. figurative. To confine, restrain within narrow limits.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)]

bindc1200

hamper?a1366

chain1377

coarctc1400

prison?a1425

tether?a1505

fetter1526

imprisona1533

strait1533

swaddle1539

measure1560

shacklea1568

to tie up1570

manacle1577

straitena1586

hopple1586

immew16..

scant1600

cabina1616

criba1616

trammela1616

copse1617

cramp1625

cloister1627

incarcerate1640

hidebind1642

strait-lace1662

perstringe1679

hough-band1688

cabin1780

pin1795

strait jacket1814

peg1832

befetter1837

to tie the hands of1866

corset1935

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action

bind971

hamper?a1366

chain1377

coarctc1400

prison?a1425

tether?a1505

fetter1526

imprisona1533

strait1533

swaddle1539

measure1560

shacklea1568

to tie up1570

manacle1577

straitena1586

hopple1586

immew16..

scant1600

cabina1616

criba1616

trammela1616

copse1617

cramp1625

cloister1627

incarcerate1640

hidebind1642

to box up1659

strait-lace1662

perstringe1679

hough-band1688

cabin1780

pin1795

strait jacket1814

peg1832

befetter1837

to tie the hands of1866

hog-tie1924

corset1935

1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 89 The Cage of his restraint was..too weak to cloyster his Ambition.

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 32 [The soul]..ashamed to be cloystered in it [sc. the body].

1812 I. D'Israeli Calamities of Authors Antony had cloistered an athletic mind.

4. To furnish or surround (a place) with a cloister; to convert into a cloister or convent.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [verb (transitive)] > furnish or surround (a place) with a cloister

cloister1625

society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > [verb (transitive)] > convert into

cloister1863

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 263 Cloistered on all Sides, vpon Decent and Beautifull Arches.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. vii. 40 Where, cloistered round, the garden lay.

1863 J. M. Ludlow Sisterhoods in Good Words 498 By Helyot's time several houses had become Cloistered.

Derivatives

cloistering n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > encloistering

cloistering1589

claustration1863

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiiii. 106 This cloystring and fat feeding of Religious is not olde.

1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. vii. 423 The Cloistring of Nuns.

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单词	cloister
释义	cloistern. Brit. /ˈklɔɪstə/, U.S. /ˈklɔɪstər/ Forms: Middle English cloystor, cloistre, Middle English cloystre, Middle English–1700s cloyster, Middle English cloystere, Middle English–1500s cloysture, 1500s–1600s cloisture, Middle English– cloister. Etymology: Middle English cloistre , < Old French cloistre, earlier clostre < Latin claustrum , clōstrum , ‘a bar, bolt, lock’, later ‘a shut up place, a cloister’, < claud- , claus- to shut + -trum instrumental suffix. Before the adoption of the French form, Old English had already clauster n. and clústor from Latin, and Middle English had also closter n., and clowster. 1. a. An enclosed place or space, enclosure; close; compass. Also figurative. Obsolete or archaic. (In later use apparently taken as figurative from sense 2a or 3b.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place lockOE close1297 cloisterc1300 purseynta1325 clausurea1398 closinga1398 closera1400 blokc1400 procinct1422 parclosea1470 enterclose1480 enclose1483 closure1496 sept1548 enclosure1552 shut1605 cincture1627 precinct1774 encincture1849 zariba1885 c1300 Beket 2089 Into the cloistre of Canterbure with grete noyse hi gonne weve. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 968 Vt-wyth to se þat clene cloystor, Þou may, bot in-wyth not a fote. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlvi. f. lxxix^v/2 He..edefyed a lytyll cloysture of stones. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvi. ix. 924 One part..was strongly fortified with a mure of less circuite and cloisture [L. circulo] than the other. 1647 J. Hall Poems i. 13 Within the Cloyster of a nut. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 26 'Tis now time for the Plume to rouze out of its Cloysters, and germinate. 1831 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Mar. 132/1 Immured..in cloisters of the mind. †b. Applied to the womb. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > womb wombeOE innethc888 bosom971 bitc1000 motherc1300 cloisterc1386 mawc1390 flanka1398 marisa1400 matricea1400 clausterc1400 mater?a1425 matrix?a1425 wamec1425 bellyc1440 oven?1510 bermother1527 child's bed1535 bairn-bedc1550 uterus1615 kelder1647 ventera1656 childbed1863 c1386 G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale 43 With-Inne the Cloistre blisful of thy sydis. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 220 The cloyster of mary beryth hym. 1539 Bk. Ceremonies in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. cix. 285 Christ..came from the..virginal cloister of his mother. 2. a. A place of religious seclusion; a monastery or nunnery; a convent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > [noun] minstereOE monklifeeOE clausterc1000 abbotricOE house?a1160 anchor-house?c1225 religion?c1225 abbeyc1300 nunneryc1300 house (also abbey) of religiona1325 nunryc1325 closterc1330 cloister1340 monasterya1425 monk-house?c1475 friars1479 convent1528 guild1546 prioressy1575 abbey-stead1620 minchery1710 reclusory1821 akhara1838 house of piety1838 kloster1844 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 242 Lottes wyf betokneþ ham..þet habbeþ hear body ine cloystre, an zetteþ hare herten ine þe wordle. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 28 A cloyster of black nonnes. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. v. 536 Let a Monke be content with his cloister. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. lv. sig. X Fitter for a cloyster then a crowne. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 71 If you..can endure the liuery of a Nunne, For aye to be in shady cloyster, mew'd. View more context for this quotation 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iii. 122 The villanies of the Cloistures. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. iii. §9 Those things which the Ægyptian Priests had to that time kept secret in their Cloysters. 1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour II. 98 There are several cloysters remaining in this city, which are now secularized. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 151 Þes yef þe [of wytte] is priour ine þe cloystre of þe zaule. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 26 Nor in a secret cloister doth he keepe These virgin spirits. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) ii. 78 To withdraw..into the cloister of his ideal world. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 30 Freed..from the cloister of pedantry. c. the cloister: the seclusion of a cloister; monastic life. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > monastic life or condition monkhoodeOE religiona1200 habitc1290 monkheada1400 religiosityc1443 monkery?1536 monachism?1570 monkship1620 cowl1653 monkism1659 monkishnessa1729 the cloister1781 monasticism1795 monkliness1887 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlvii. 775 The austerity of the cloyster. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 145 In a manner which scents of the cloister. 1888 ‘Bernard’ From World to Cloister ii. 14 Reflection and preparation before they enter the cloister. 3. a. A covered walk or arcade connected with a monastery, college, or large church, serving as a way of communication between different parts of the group of buildings, and sometimes as a place of exercise or study; often running round the open court of a quadrangle, with a plain wall on the one side, and a series of windows or an open colonnade on the other. (Often in plural.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > cloister cloisterc1400 closec1449 lobby1563 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory > portico or arcade > in a monastery, church, or college cloisterc1400 lobby1563 c1400 Mandeville Voiage & Travaile (1839) vi. 70 Under the cloystre of the Chirche. 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 615 The cloyster or walking place of Alsoule Colledge in Oxenford. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 To walk the studious Cloysters pale. a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 8 New Coll. schoole, situated between the west part of the chappell, and E. part of the cloyster. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 167. ⁋1 To be interred..in the Cloysters near Westminster Abbey. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 238 The court yard is surrounded with a cloister as it is in monasteries. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 261 I was loitering about the old gray cloisters of Westminster Abbey. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 299 Granta's quiet solitudes, her cloisters and her halls. b. A similar walk or arcade in connection with other buildings. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory > portico or arcade alurec1325 alley1363 gallerya1500 aluring1501 cloisterc1540 pawn1548 stoa1603 portico1607 row1610 porticus1617 corridor1620 piazza1642 xystus1664 arcade1731 veranda1873 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 684 Till he come thurghe a cloyster to a clene halle. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 15 The pillars and arched Cloysters of that princely pallace. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 197 One long Street, with narrow Porticoes, or Cloysters on both sides. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xvi. 283 [Wilton Hall] A quadrangle cloister full of antique and modern statuary. Compounds C1. General attributive. cloister-bower n. † cloister-brood n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxi. f. 89^v Friers, and Nunnes..the hypocrisie, and vncleannesse of that Cloyster-broode. cloister-chapel n. cloister-court n. ΚΠ 1798 W. Sotheby tr. C. M. Wieland Oberon ii. xxxiv. 56 To the cloyster-court in crowds tumultuous came. † cloister-creeper n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus Common Places Christian Relig. 41 a Monkes, Friers, and other Cloyster-crepers. cloister-life n. ΚΠ c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 538 Manye monkis han be take out of cloistir lijf to be bischopis. cloister-man n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monk > [noun] monkeOE brotherOE claustermanc1175 man (woman, etc.) of religiona1200 cloister-monkc1325 friarc1330 son1416 religion manc1475 pater1481 abbey man1483 scapularc1540 monach?c1550 cloister-man1581 monastic1632 cowlist1637 religieux?a1649 religioso1708 saint1888 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 1169 False prechers and Cloister men. cloister-monk n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monk > [noun] monkeOE brotherOE claustermanc1175 man (woman, etc.) of religiona1200 cloister-monkc1325 friarc1330 son1416 religion manc1475 pater1481 abbey man1483 scapularc1540 monach?c1550 cloister-man1581 monastic1632 cowlist1637 religieux?a1649 religioso1708 saint1888 c1325 Metr. Hom. 30 An cloyster monk. cloister-quadrangle n. cloister-room n. C2. cloister-garth n. the open court enclosed by a cloister. ΚΠ 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 135 The cloisters..are arranged round three or four sides of a quadrangular area, termed the cloister garth. cloister-wise adv. ΚΠ a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 71 'Twas Cloister-wise contriv'd with Arches strong. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). cloisterv. Brit. /ˈklɔɪstə/, U.S. /ˈklɔɪstər/ Forms: For forms see cloister n. Etymology: < cloister n., or < French cloistrer (16th cent. in Littré). 1. transitive. To shut up, enclose, or place in a cloister or monastic house. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [verb (transitive)] > place in an order cloister1591 encloister1622 clauster1635 enclose1872 society > faith > church government > monasticism > anchorite > enclose in a cloister [verb (transitive)] cloister1591 encloister1622 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes A iiij This younger sister I thought to haue cloystred vp in some solitarynes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 23 Hie thee to Fraunce, And cloister thee in some religious house. View more context for this quotation 1692 T. P. Blount Ess. 41 That little stock of learning..was cloyster'd up in Monasteries and Abbeys. a1714 J. Sharp Serm. I. iii. (R.) Those that cloyster up themselves in a monastery. 1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 185 She..no sooner was cloister'd, but, [etc.]. 2. a. To shut up in any seclusion or retirement. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > seclude [verb (transitive)] > confine cloister1581 seclude1598 confine1634 maroon1904 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 240 Studentes cloystured them selues together. 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iv. xiii. 335 When at home, they were cloyster'd up. a1851 D. M. Moir Field of Pinkie ii, in Poet. Wks. (1852) The blackbird, cloistered in the oak. 1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. i. 34 [He] cloistered himself in his study. †b. To shut up, enclose (things). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)] pena1200 bebar?c1225 loukc1275 beshuta1300 parc1300 to shut in1398 to close inc1400 parrockc1400 pinc1400 steekc1400 lock?a1425 includec1425 key?a1439 spare?c1450 enferme1481 terminea1500 bebay1511 imprisona1533 besetc1534 hema1552 ram1567 warda1586 closet1589 pound1589 seclude1598 confine1600 i-pend1600 uptie1600 pinfold1605 boundify1606 incoop1608 to round in1609 ring1613 to buckle ina1616 embounda1616 swathe1624 hain1636 coopa1660 to sheathe up1661 stivea1722 cloister1723 span1844 1723 J. Macky Journey through Scotl. v. 69 The Books neatly kept, and cloister'd with Doors of Wire. 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 78 The library is..well furnished with Books, put in very good Order, cloistered with Wire Doors. 3. figurative. To confine, restrain within narrow limits. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)] bindc1200 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 corset1935 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action bind971 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 to box up1659 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 hog-tie1924 corset1935 1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 89 The Cage of his restraint was..too weak to cloyster his Ambition. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 32 [The soul]..ashamed to be cloystered in it [sc. the body]. 1812 I. D'Israeli Calamities of Authors Antony had cloistered an athletic mind. 4. To furnish or surround (a place) with a cloister; to convert into a cloister or convent. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [verb (transitive)] > furnish or surround (a place) with a cloister cloister1625 society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > [verb (transitive)] > convert into cloister1863 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 263 Cloistered on all Sides, vpon Decent and Beautifull Arches. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. vii. 40 Where, cloistered round, the garden lay. 1863 J. M. Ludlow Sisterhoods in Good Words 498 By Helyot's time several houses had become Cloistered. Derivatives cloistering n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > encloistering cloistering1589 claustration1863 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiiii. 106 This cloystring and fat feeding of Religious is not olde. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. vii. 423 The Cloistring of Nuns. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300v.1581
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