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enclosures - 2 dictionary results

en⋅clo⋅sure

[en-kloh-zher]
–noun
1. something that encloses, as a fence or wall.
2. something that is enclosed, as a paper sent in a letter.
3. the separation and appropriation of land by means of a fence.
4. a tract of land surrounded by a fence.
5. an act or instance of enclosing.
6. the state of being enclosed.
7. Roman Catholic Church. the part of a monastery or convent canonically separated or restricted as the living quarters of the religious, from which a person may leave only with special permission or gain entrance to by special dispensation.
Also, inclosure.


Origin:
1530–40; enclose + -ure; cf. AF enclosure
en·clo·sure   (ěn-klō'zhər)   
n.  
    1. The act of enclosing.
    2. The state of being enclosed.
  1. Something enclosed: a business letter with a supplemental enclosure.
  2. Something that encloses.
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