单词 | uncloistered |
释义 | uncloisteredadj.1 Now rare. Of a member of a religious community: that has been evicted from a cloister (cloister n. 2a), esp. as a result of its dissolution. Cf. uncloister v. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [adjective] > enclosed > not cloistered > freed from uncloistered1627 1627 P. Fletcher Locustæ iv. x. 76 Can that uncloist'red Frier with those light armes..Wake all the sleeping world? 1845 ‘Poco Mas’ Scenes & Adventures in Spain I. xix. 364 He was..an exclaustrado, that is, an uncloistered friar, who, upon the abolition of the monasteries had repaired to the fraternal roof. 1907 T. M. Lindsay Hist. Reformation II. iv. ii. 351 A religious revolution had been half accomplished; a social revolution was in progress..; evicted tenants and uncloistered monks formed raw material for revolt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). uncloisteredadj.2 Not cloistered; (of a person) not secluded in a cloister (cloister n. 2a); (of a religious community, order, etc.) not enclosed. Also in extended use: unconfined. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [adjective] > enclosed > not cloistered cloisterlessc1386 uncloistered1635 unenclosed1870 1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) ii. 164 Thou didst uncloyster'd live. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xii. xxxiii. 223 Uncloystred, we this Course beyond Courts Splendor love. 1743 Erskine tr. A. F. Prévost d'Exiles Mem. & Adventures Marquis de Bretagne & Duc d'Harcourt III. xv. 190 The Tranquillity of a Solitude gives a Freshness and Liveliness to the Complexion of the Nuns..to which all the Art of uncloistered Ladies cannot attain. a1770 C. Talbot Ess. Var. Subj. (1772) I. xxiv. 185 The Life of Society is the Life of..Self-denial... But it is really still harder in uncloistered Society. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 115 These preux chevalières of womanhood, these uncloistered nuns. 1874 J. Ruskin Val D'Arno ii. §35 If you..return to the uncloistered sunlight of the piazza. 1902 M. Tout in T. F. Tout & J. Tait Hist. Ess. (1907) 51 This order arose in an uncloistered institute for the Christian education of young girls. 1998 Beaver June 47/1 She..founded one of the first uncloistered religious communities for women. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11627adj.21635 |
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