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French
Etymology
From Latin recludere.
Pronunciation
Verb
reclure (defective) (past participle reclus)
- to withdraw into a place, so as to have no contact with others
1875, Louis-Claude Pavy, Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy, chapter 5, in https://ia801309.us.archive.org/23/items/lesrecluseries00pavy/lesrecluseries00pavy.pdf, pages 99-100:Ceux qui seront reclus pour un temps n'auront point voix active au chapitre; et ceux qui se feront reclure à toujours n'auront ni voix active, ni voix passive.- Those who will be reclusive for a time will not have an active voice in the chapter; & those who will cloister themselves forever will have neither an active, nor a passive voice.
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