claustral
cloistral; cloisterlike.
Origin of claustral
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How to use claustral in a sentence
Some collections which later were distinctively church libraries were at first claustral.
Old English Libraries | Ernest SavageThe period of the greatest literary activity in the monasteries now began, and large claustral libraries were soon formed.
Old English Libraries | Ernest SavageWhen they did speak to me it was with their lips hardly moving, in a claustral, clear whisper.
Notes on Life and Letters | Joseph ConradShe resolved immediately to seek310 a refuge for the rest of her life in claustral virginity.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March | Sabine Baring-GouldThe fervid heart of the royal nun was apparently beating placidly, in the quiet claustral surroundings.
The Gray Nun | Nataly Von Eschstruth
British Dictionary definitions for claustral
/ (ˈklɔːstrəl) /
a less common variant of cloistral
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