单词 | uncloister |
释义 | uncloisterv. transitive. To remove or evict (a member of a religious community) from a cloister (cloister n. 2a), esp. as a result of its dissolution. Also in extended use: to remove from a protected or secluded environment; to liberate; to release. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > from seclusion or shelter disharbour1566 to hunt out1576 unlodge1598 unnestle1598 unkennel1604 uncloister1611 unnest1683 discloister1881 society > faith > church government > monasticism > [verb (transitive)] > remove from an order uncloister1795 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Dischiostrare, to vncloister. 1684 J. Norris Poems & Disc. 25 Why did I not uncloister'd from the Womb Take my next lodging in a Tomb? 1795 tr. L. S. Mercier Fragm. Politics & Hist. II. 424 These..burnt the archives, and uncloistered the monks and nuns. 1856 N. Brit. Rev. Nov. 276 The monks and friars were uncloistered. 1976 E. Kendall ‘Peculiar Inst.’ xxii. 255 The Connecticut Valley exchange..helps uncloister the Smith and Holyoke students. 1994 Amer. Libraries 25 490/3 The trustees of the Illinois Historical Library recently decided to uncloister selections of the diaries of U.S. Sen. Orville Hickman Browning. 2004 C. L. Reed Unveiled iii. 55 The sisters are papally enclosed, which means no bishop can uncloister them to work as teachers or nurses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1611 |
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