English
Etymology
From L. term|clostra|cl�stra|lock, enclosure.
Noun
claustration
- Shutting up or enclose|enclosing, usually referring to a religious cloister.
- A method used by emperors to keep their harems and to guarantee their virginity.
Quotations
;shutting up
1875, w:Henry James|Henry James, w:Roderick Hudson|Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 341
:He could scare find it in his heart to accuse Roderick of neglect of that function, united to him though the girl might be by a double bond; for it was natural that the inspirations of a man of genius should be both capricious and imperious, and on what plan had he ever started moreover but on that of diligence and claustration?
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