单词 | reclusory |
释义 | reclusoryn. Chiefly historical. A habitation for one or more religious recluses, a hermitage; = reclusery n. Also: a monastery or convent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > religious foundation celllOE convent?c1225 monasterya1425 cœnobya1475 monks1556 cœnobium1817 reclusory1821 reclusery1835 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 1821 J. Bayley Hist. Tower London 129 [The cell]..was inhabited by a recluse... In one place it is noticed as the reclusory, or hermitage of St. Peter. 1835 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 44 366 The government..ordered them to be sent to a large convent or reclusory, when very soon such a pestilence arose. 1894 H. Speight Nidderdale & Garden of Nidd 167 We are able to trace the history of Ribston steadily forward through all the stirring vicissitudes of its semi-military reclusory. 1940 H. E. Allen in Ess. & Stud. in Honor Carleton Brown 202 The St. Ethelred's reclusory was torn down in 1305. 2003 Yearbk. Eng. Stud. 33 153 Retirement from the responsibilities of a secular priest to the reclusory at Sheen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821 |
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