cloistress

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noun

A nun.

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Meanings

nouncloistress (plural cloistresses)

plural cloistresses

  1. literaryobsoleteA nun.

    Like a cloistress she will veiled walk.

    c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
nun

Origin

From cloister + -ess.

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Cite this entry
APA

cloistress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloistress

MLA

“cloistress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloistress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloistress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloistress.

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