† encloisterv.
1. transitive. To shut up in a cloister or monastery.
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society > faith > church government > monasticism > [verb (transitive)] > place in an order
cloister1591
encloister1622
clauster1635
enclose1872
society > faith > church government > monasticism > anchorite > enclose in a cloister [verb (transitive)]
cloister1591
encloister1622
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiv. 98 Mayds and widdowed Queenes..Incloystred that became.
a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 221 Is..to be incloystered in an unmarried estate for ever.
2. transferred and figurative. To shut in; to immure or imprison; to confine.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)]
beloukOE
loukOE
sparc1175
pena1200
bepen?c1225
pind?c1225
prison?c1225
spearc1300
stopc1315
restraina1325
aclosec1350
forbara1375
reclosea1382
ward1390
enclose1393
locka1400
reclusea1400
pinc1400
sparc1430
hamperc1440
umbecastc1440
murea1450
penda1450
mew?c1450
to shut inc1460
encharter1484
to shut up1490
bara1500
hedge1549
hema1552
impound1562
strain1566
chamber1568
to lock up1568
coop1570
incarcerate1575
cage1577
mew1581
kennel1582
coop1583
encagea1586
pound1589
imprisonc1595
encloister1596
button1598
immure1598
seclude1598
uplock1600
stow1602
confine1603
jail1604
hearse1608
bail1609
hasp1620
cub1621
secure1621
incarcera1653
fasten1658
to keep up1673
nun1753
mope1765
quarantine1804
peg1824
penfold1851
encoop1867
oubliette1884
jigger1887
corral1890
maroon1904
to bang up1950
to lock down1971
1596 R. Linche Certaine Sonnets in Diella sig. C7v When day incloistred is in dustie pryson of infernall Night.
1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 208 Poems..In priuate chambers, that incloistered are.
a1638 J. Mede Churches in Wks. ii. 336 This notion of encloistering a Deity by an Idol.
1655 R. Baker et al. tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. sig. A5 God hath not conferred such extraordinary endowments upon you, to be for ever encloistered within your self.
1671 W. Penn Truth Rescued 49 They were not there encloyster'd for not agreeing in their Verdict.
1710 Brit. Apollo 23–25 Oct. Such Damps could be..Encloistered and Pent in.
3. To furnish with cloisters. See encloistered adj. 2.
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