claustration

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noun

Shutting up or enclosing, usually in a religious cloister.

OriginLatin clōstra →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounclaustration (countable and uncountable, plural claustrations)

plural claustrations

  1. countableuncountableShutting up or enclosing, usually in a religious cloister.
    1 more example

    He could scare find it in his heart to accuse Roderick of neglect of that function, united to him though the girl might be by a double bond; for it was natural that the inspirations of a man of genius should be both capricious and imperious, and on what plan had he ever started moreover but on that of diligence and claustration?

    1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 341
  2. countableuncountableA method used by emperors to keep their harems and to guarantee their virginity.

Origin

  1. Latinclōstra“lock, enclosure”
  2. Englishclaustration

From Latin clōstra (“lock, enclosure”).

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APA

claustration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claustration

MLA

“claustration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claustration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “claustration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/claustration.

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