单词 | cloistral |
释义 | cloistraladj. 1. Pertaining to a cloister; monastic. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [adjective] monklyOE monastical1402 monasterialc1443 claustralc1449 cloistrosec1449 monkish1536 monastic1563 abbey-like1570 cloisterly1570 cloistered1581 cloistral1606 monachal1607 monasterical1651 monial1656 1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia Ded. sig. A2 A claustrall exercise, Where men shut out, retyr'd, and sequestred..seeme to sympathize With innocent, and plaine simplicitie. 1651 I. Walton Life of Wotton in H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) sig. d2 Making a holy retreat to a Cloysteral life. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation 328 The pressure of practical life makes ‘culture for culture's sake’ sound like cloistral and pedantic talk. 2. Of persons: Dwelling in a cloister; belonging to a monastic order. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > anchorite > [adjective] > cloistered incluse?1440 cloistered1581 cloistrala1631 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 151 Salvation is a more extensive thing..then sullen cloystrall, that have walled salvation in a monastery..take it to be. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 189 So cloysterall men..Have Vertue in Melancholy. 3. Of the type of a cloister. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > [adjective] abbatial1445 claustralc1449 abbatical1655 cloistral1844 cloisterly1853 1844 I. Williams Baptistery II. iv. 99 Through cloistral glades. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 383/2 The house is rather cloistral. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1606 |
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