clausula

American  

[klaw-zhuh-luh] / ˈklɔ ʒə lə /

noun

Music.

plural

clausulae

1. an ornamented cadence especially in early Renaissance music.

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Other Word Forms

• clausular adjective

Etymology

Origin of clausula

< Latin: a closing, conclusion, equivalent to claus ( us ) (past participle of claudere to close) + -ula -ule

Example Sentences

Rhythm pervades the whole sentence but is most important at the end or clausula, where the swell of the period sinks to rest.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

Ex Matthaeo vel Marco accessit clausula ista τὸ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἐκχυννόμενον, fraude tamen ita piâ accessit, ut potius grammaticis legibus vim facere, quam vel literulam demutare maluerit interpolator.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Similar rules apply to the membra of the sentence, though in these the S and P forms are more frequent, harmony being restored in the clausula.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

Caeterum talis clausula habetur in mea Bulla quod extra meum episcopatum etiam cum licentia ordinarii non possem exercere pontificalia.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, July 1865 by

An dispensatio a SS. liminum visitatione, a Summo Pontifice Pio VI., die 7 Maji 1798 Episcopis et Archiepiscopis Hiberniae impertita cum clausula "quamdiu praesentes rerum circumstantiae perduraverint", ad praesens cessaverit.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various