Definition of "claustral" [claus•tral]

• Variant of cloistral. (adjective)

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• "Except for the choir and the sacristy, it was the only place that allowed some frequency of male entry. 80 The constitutions deal at some length with the possible necessity of male entrance into the female environment of the claustral buildings."
• "However, from drawings, textual references, and archeology, we can reconstruct some aspects of the claustral buildings from the two houses of Unterlinden and St. Katharinenthal."
• "The site of the monastery usually determined the layout of the monastic buildings, whereas the requirements of plumbing and outer walls as well as gardens molded the finished claustral precinct."