claustral
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of claustral
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin claustrālis, equivalent to claustr ( um ) bolt, barrier ( see claustrum) + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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Arriving in Charlie’s claustral, stagnant world, Adam offers fresh air—and enlivening disturbance.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019
Father Joseph's diet at this time was of "claustral simplicity."
From Time Magazine Archive
She heartily dislikes Tarnower, his "repilian" face, his dictatorial and unimaginative diet book and his Westchester, N.Y., house, which she finds "Japanoid" and "claustral."
From Time Magazine Archive
The South Side.—This side has a blank appearance owing to the total disappearance of the claustral and conventual buildings, all of which were "deemed to be superfluous."
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
The plan just given shows the position of this room between the church and the chapter-house, and not far from the common claustral aumbry.
From Old English Libraries by Savage, Ernest Albert
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