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
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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
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
Father Joseph's diet at this time was of "claustral simplicity."
From Time Magazine Archive
This chapter drew up the 76 statutes associated with Peter’s name, regulating the whole range of claustral life, and solemnly promulgated as binding on the whole Cluniac obedience.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
If there is such a thing as disinterested art it is the claustral art of Moreau—which can be both perverse and majestic.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker
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