Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cloister
Cloister
cloister
n. & v. --n. 1 a covered walk, often with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other, esp. in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral. 2 monastic life or seclusion. 3 a convent or monastery. --v.tr. seclude or shut up usu. in a convent or monastery. Derivatives cloistral adj. Etymology: ME f. OF cloistre f. L claustrum, clostrum lock, enclosed place f. claudere claus- CLOSE(2)
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
I. noun see: close Date: 13th century 1. a monastic establishment, an area within a monastery or convent to which the religious are normally restricted, monastic life, a place or state of seclusion, a covered passage on the side of a court usually having one side walled and the other an open arcade or colonnade, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1581 to seclude from the world in or as if in a ~ , to surround with a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):