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)

1. (obsolete) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
   • 1715, Michael Geddes, Miscellaneous Tracts, 3rd edition:

     In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born.

Italian

Noun

clausure f

1. plural of clausura

Latin

Participle

clausūre

1. vocative masculine singular of clausūrus

Spanish

Verb

clausure

1. inflection of clausurar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative