cloistre

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English

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Noun

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cloistre (plural cloistres)

  1. Obsolete form of cloister.

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French

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Noun

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cloistre m (plural cloistres)

  1. Archaic spelling of cloître.
    • 1601, Pierre Charron, De la sagesse, praeface:
      [] j’ay respondu que je ne formois icy ou instruisois un homme pour le cloistre, mais pour le monde, la vie commune et civile []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French cloistre, from Medieval Latin claustrum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklɔi̯stər/, /ˈklɔːstər/

Noun

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cloistre

  1. A monastery or cloister; a place where a monastic lifestyle is practiced.
  2. A cloister (roofed path, especially at a monastic complex)
  3. That which is cloistered; a confined location.
  4. (figurative, rare) The uterus as a protective location.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: cloister
  • Scots: closter (< closter)

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French cloistre.

Noun

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cloistre m (plural cloistres)

  1. cloister

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin claustrum (portion of monastery closed off to laity), from Latin claustrum (place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure).

Noun

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cloistre oblique singularm (oblique plural cloistres, nominative singular cloistres, nominative plural cloistre)

  1. cloister

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