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Webster 1913 Edition

Clausure

Clau′sure

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[L.
clausura
. See
Closure
.]
The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
[R.]
Geddes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Clausure

CLAUSURE

,
Noun.
s as z. [See Clause.]
1.
The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
2.
In anatomy, an imperforated canal.

Definition 2024

clausure

clausure

See also: clausuré

English

Noun

clausure ‎(uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.
    • Geddes
      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. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of clausurar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of clausurar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of clausurar.

Etymology

From Latin clausūra. See closure.

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