claustral

American  

[klaw-struhl] / ˈklɔ strəl /

adjective

1. cloistral; cloisterlike.

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claustral British  

/ ˈklɔːstrəl /

adjective

1. a less common variant of cloistral

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Etymology

Origin of claustral

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin claustrālis, equivalent to claustr ( um ) bolt, barrier ( claustrum ) + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Arriving in Charlie’s claustral, stagnant world, Adam offers fresh air—and enlivening disturbance.

From The New Yorker

She does get the facts right, but, far more impressive, she has been able to capture and convey the claustral atmosphere of the profession.

From New York Times

Apart from one shot, the entire film takes place within the claustral atmosphere of a rabbinical court building, with its austere, drab decor.

From Newsweek

Because every region of cortex projected to its associated claustral target area, and this neural communications hub reciprocated the connection, the claustrum could serve as an integrator for crisscrossing electrical signals, provided that all of this information could be freely admixed within the structure.

From Scientific American

In 1374 the Abbess of Canonsleigh had licence to have divine service celebrated in her presence in the chapel of St Theobald in the parish of Burlescombe “dicto monasterio contigua,” but her nuns were not to leave the claustral precincts on this pretext.

From Project Gutenberg