Definitions For Claustration

Noun

CLAUSTRATION. (countable and uncountable, plural CLAUSTRATIONs) Shutting up or enclose, enclosing, usually in a religious cloister. A method used by emperors to keep their harems and to guarantee their virginity.

Quotations

; shutting up 1875, w:henry james, henry james, w:roderick hudson, roderick hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 341 : He could scare find it in his heart to accuse Roderick of neglect of that function, united to him though the girl might be by a double bond; for it was natural that the inspirations of a man of genius should be both capricious and imperious, and on what plan had he ever started moreover but on that of diligence and claustration?

Etymology

From {{etyl, la, en}} clōstra, , lock, enclosure.

Is Claustration a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
18

The word Claustration is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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