Meaning of claustration | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Shutting up or enclosing, usually in a religious cloister.
   countable, uncountable
2. A method used by emperors to keep their harems and to guarantee their virginity.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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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