Word
of the Day for Monday 27th October 2014
Cloister \KLOI-ster\
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Verb
1. To confine in retirement; seclude. 2. To confine in a monastery or convent. |
Quotes
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That's when I began to cloister myself, when I saw
her strength, her determination to pull me out of my brooding.
-- Manil Suri, The City of Devi, 2013 |
Origin
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Cloister comes from an Anglo-French blend of cloison,
meaning "partition," and clostre, from the Late Latin
word meaning "enclosed place."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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