Clausure

//ˈklɔːzjʊə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. obsolete, uncountable

    "In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born."

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"In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born."

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus. See closure and cloture, which are doublets.

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