[kloz-it] 
| 1. | a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc. |
| 2. | a small private room, esp. one used for prayer, meditation, etc. |
| 3. | a state or condition of secrecy or carefully guarded privacy: Some conservatives remain in the closet except on election day. Gay liberation has encouraged many gay people to come out of the closet. |
| 4. | water closet. |
| 5. | private; secluded. |
| 6. | suited for use or enjoyment in privacy: closet reflections; closet prayer. |
| 7. | engaged in private study or speculation; speculative; unpractical: a closet thinker with no practical experience. |
| 8. | being or functioning as such in private; secret: a closet anarchist. |
| 9. | to shut up in a private room for a conference, interview, etc. (usually used in the passive voice): The Secretary of State was closeted with the senator for three hours in a tense session. |
| clos·et (klŏz'ĭt, klô'zĭt) n.
To enclose or shut up in a private room, as for discussion: closeted themselves with their attorneys. adj.
[Middle English, private room, from Old French, diminutive of clos, enclosure, from Latin clausum, from neuter of clausus, enclosed; see close.] clos'et·ful' n. |
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Closet
as used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luke 12: 24), and hence a place of privacy and retirement (Matt. 6:6; Luke 12:3).
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