cloture

[ kloh-cher ]

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noun

a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.

verb (used with or without object)

, clo·tured, clo·tur·ing.

to close (a debate) by cloture.

cloture

/ ˈkləʊtʃə /

noun

closure in the US Senate

verb

tr to end (debate) in the US Senate by cloture

cloture

A vote of a legislature used to stop debate on an issue and put the issue to a vote. ( See filibuster .)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cloture¹

1870–75; < French clôture, Middle French closture < Vulgar Latin *clōstūra, alteration of Latin clōstra, claustra, plural of claustrum barrier. See claustral, -ure

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cloture¹

C19: from French clôture, from Old French closure

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Example Sentences

De la clôture,” as St François de Sales wrote long afterwards, “dépend le bon ordre de tout le reste.

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Deo sacris, qui leur procure les moyens de subsister honnestement dans leurs Monasteres, sans rompre leur clôture.

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It can demand the clôture, as well as open the valves of useless debate.

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