clausure
See also: clausuré
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus. See closure and cloture, which are doublets.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɔːzjʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈklɔːʒʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈklɔːʒə(ɹ)/
Noun
clausure (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
- 1715 Michael Geddes, Miscellaneous Tracts (third edition)
- In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born.
- 1715 Michael Geddes, Miscellaneous Tracts (third edition)
Italian
Noun
clausure f
- plural of clausura
Latin
Participle
clausūre
- vocative masculine singular of clausūrus
Spanish
Verb
clausure
- inflection of clausurar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative