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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
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