Secluse
//sɪˈkluːs// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Secluded. archaic
"[…] or by removing the thing (if it be a materiall thing, as this was) out of the placęs of reſort, into ſome ſecluſe place, vvhere the people might neither come at it, nor ſee it, and where without offence it might ſtill be kept for a monument of Gods mercy: […]"
Example
More examples"[…] or by removing the thing (if it be a materiall thing, as this was) out of the placęs of reſort, into ſome ſecluſe place, vvhere the people might neither come at it, nor ſee it, and where without offence it might ſtill be kept for a monument of Gods mercy: […]"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēclūsus. Compare with Spanish secluso (now obsolete).
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