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claustral
[ klaw-struhl ]
adjective
- cloistral; cloisterlike.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of claustral1
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Example Sentences
Some collections which later were distinctively church libraries were at first claustral.
The period of the greatest literary activity in the monasteries now began, and large claustral libraries were soon formed.
When they did speak to me it was with their lips hardly moving, in a claustral, clear whisper.
She resolved immediately to seek310 a refuge for the rest of her life in claustral virginity.
The fervid heart of the royal nun was apparently beating placidly, in the quiet claustral surroundings.
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