| 单词 |
encloister |
| 释义 |
† enˈcloister, v.
Also 7 encloystre, -ter, incloyster, incloister.
[f. en-1 + cloister: cf. F. encloîtrer, and OF. encloistre n., cloister.]
1. trans. To shut up in a cloister or monastery.
1612Drayton Poly-olb. xxiv, Maids, and widow'd queens Incloister'd that became. a1670Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 221 Is..to be incloystered in an unmarried estate for ever.
2. transf. and fig. To shut in; to immure or imprison; to confine.
1596R. L. Diella, 1596 When day incloistred is In dustie pryson of infernall night. 1627Drayton Agincourt 208 Poems..In priuate chambers, that incloistered are. a1638Mede Ch. for Chr. Worship Wks. ii. 336 This notion of encloistering a Deity by an Idol. 1654Sir R. Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. to Card. Richelieu God hath not conferred such extraordinary endowments upon you, to be for ever encloistered within your self. 1670Penn Truth Rescued 49 They were not there encloyster'd for not agreeing in their Verdict. 1710Brit. Apollo III No. 91. 2/1 Such Damps could be..Encloistered and Pent in.
3. To furnish with cloisters. See encloistered 2. |
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