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claustral

[klaw-struhl]

adjective

cloistral; cloisterlike.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin claustrālis, equivalent to claustr(um) bolt, barrier (see claustrum) + -ālis -al¹

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claustral (ˈklɔːstrəl)

—*adj*
	a less common variant of cloistral

cloistral or claustral (ˈklɔɪstrəl)

—*adj*
	of, like, or characteristic of a cloister

claustral or claustral

—*adj*

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"At the time there was a claustral monk named Frere Jean of the Hashes, who was young, gallant, joyful, good natured, dextrous, bold, adventurous, thoughtful, tall, thin, with a capacious mouth, gifted in the nose, a great dispatcher of hours, quite an accomplisher of masses, a quick doer-in of vigils,—to put it in a nutshell, a true monk if ever there's been one since this monk of a world first monked out a monk; moreover, a cleric to his very teeth in matters of the breviary."

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