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单词 unenclosed
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unenclosedadj.

Brit. /ˌʌnᵻnˈkləʊzd/, /ˌʌnɛnˈkləʊzd/, U.S. /ˌənᵻnˈkloʊzd/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and enclosed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, enclosed adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + enclosed adj.
1. Not enclosed (in various senses); esp. (of a space, area, piece of land, etc.) not surrounded by a wall, fence, hedge, etc.; open. Cf. enclosure n. 1a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > open or not enclosed
openOE
plaina1375
uncloseda1425
patent?1440
fenceless1587
ungardened1623
unenclosed1653
1653 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. New Test. 17/2 Agri and sylvæ being oft promiscuously used for any places (remoter from towns) open and unenclosed, though they be not wood-lands.
1676 Rector's Bk., Clayworth (1910) 20 Such as had grounds still unenclosed.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 354 In the dark and undistinguish'd Space, Unfruitful, uninclos'd and wild of Face.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 214 In waste and uninclosed lands any person who discovers a tin mine, may mark out its limits. View more context for this quotation
1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 67 Being situated in an unenclosed country.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 653/2 Others..discharge their eggs unenclosed in capsules freely into the sea-water.
1930 Times 20 Feb. 10/5 At our feet lying on the floor was a solitary unenclosed coffin.
2008 Sunday Sun Herald (Austral.) (Nexis) 13 July 9 The research..also found almost 70 per cent of licensed venues had an unenclosed area for smokers.
2. Of a Christian religious order or community: not secluded from the outside world. Also: designating a member of an order or community of this type. Cf. uncloistered adj.2
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society > faith > church government > monasticism > [adjective] > enclosed > not cloistered
cloisterlessc1386
uncloistered1635
unenclosed1870
1870 D. Lewis tr. St. Teresa of Avila Life vii. 39 It is, I believe, the very greatest danger,—namely, a monastery of women unenclosed,—yea, more, I think it is, for those who will be wicked, a road to hell, rather than a help to their weakness.
1888 H. Irving & F. A. Marshall Wks. Shakespeare I. 252/2 (notes) All members of unenclosed orders, that is to say, members of religious orders allowed to go out of the precincts of their monastery, are enjoined, when possible, to take a companion of the order with them.
1898 E. L. Taunton Eng. Black Monks I. 108 Unenclosed nuns doing God's work in the world.
1968 D. Knowles & D. Obolensky Christian Cent. II. xxviii. 343 Clearly the thirteenth century would not have tolerated unenclosed religious women.
1987 A. Loades Searching for Lost Coins iv. 67 The magnificent Mary Ward, the Roman Catholic who died in 1645 having pioneered active unenclosed congregations for women.
2007 Times (Nexis) 15 Sept. (Features section) 15 She found her spiritual home in the Bar Convent and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the unenclosed order of women modelled on the Jesuits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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