Part 2014

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Cloister</er>, <er>Monastery</er>, <er>Nunnery</er>, <er>Convent</er>, <er>Abbey</er>, <er>Priory</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Cloister</i> and <i>convent</i> are generic terms, and denote a place of seclusion from the world for persons who devote their lives to religious purposes. They differ is that the distinctive idea of <i>cloister</i> is that of seclusion from the world, that of <i>convent</i>, community of living. Both terms denote houses for recluses of either sex. A <i>cloister</i> or <i>convent</i> for <i>monks</i> is called a <i>monastery</i>; for <i>nuns</i>, a <i>nunnery</i>. An <i>abbey</i> is a convent or monastic institution governed by an abbot or an abbess; a <i>priory</i> is one governed by a prior or a prioress, and is usually affiliated to an abbey.</usage>

<h1>Cloister</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clois"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cloistered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cloistering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.</def>

<blockquote>None among them are throught worthy to be styled religious persons but those that <b>cloister</b> themselves up in a monastery. <i>Sharp.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cloisteral</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clois"ter*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cloistral.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>I. Walton.</i>

<h1>Cloistered</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clois"tered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Dwelling in cloisters; solitary.</def> "<i>Cloistered</i> friars and vestal nuns."

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<blockquote>In <b>cloistered</b> state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Furnished with cloisters.</def>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Cloisterer</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clois"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>cloistier</ets>.]</ety> <def>One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.</def>

<h1>Cloistral</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clois"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cloisteral</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>Best become a <b>cloistral</b> exercise. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cloistress</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clois"tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A nun.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cloke</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cloke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>See Cloak.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Clomb, Clomben</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw><hw>Clomb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Clomb"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Climb</er> (for <i>climbed</i>).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The sonne, he sayde, is <b>clomben</b> up on hevene. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clomp</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clomp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Clamp</er>.</def>