clausure

/ˈklɔːzjʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus. See closure and cloture, which are doublets.

clausure means the act of shutting up or confining; confinement. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

clausure is pronounced /ˈklɔːzjʊə(ɹ)/.

noun

The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.“In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born.”