hortus conclusus

noun

An enclosed private garden, in medieval times usually divided into quadrants by four paths, with a well or fountain in the centre.

OriginLatin hortus →
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Meanings

noun
  1. An enclosed private garden, in medieval times usually divided into quadrants by four paths, with a well or fountain in the centre.

Origin

  1. Latinconclusus“shut up, confined, restricted, enclosed”
  2. Latinhortus“garden”
  3. Englishhortus conclusus

Borrowed from Latin hortus (“garden”) and Latin conclusus (“shut up, confined, restricted, enclosed”).

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