Definition of "claustration" [claustration]

• Shutting up or enclosing, usually referring to a religious cloister. (noun)
• A method used by emperors to keep their harems and to guarantee their virginity. (noun)

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• "As to whether the "claustration" to which I condemn myself may be a"
• "So, given the nineteenth century, we are opposed, as a general proposition, and among all peoples, in Asia as well as in Europe, in India as well as in Turkey, to ascetic claustration."
• "As to whether the “claustration” to which I condemn myself may be a “state of joy,” no."