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Definition of Cloistress
1. n. A nun.
Definition of Cloistress
1. Noun. (obsolete) A nun. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cloistress
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloistress
Literary usage of Cloistress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1885)
"С sir "-.-?•• ^eu 1883 ch. f. /"mo», by Hennit - - } •,, „ n, 1881 ch.f. by Robert
the Devil - - . | Mr C. Blanton Barren in 1880 and 85. * cloistress (Mr ..."
2. Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson (1911)
"... like a cloistress, she will veiled walk And water once a day her chamber round
With eye-offending brine ; all this to season 30 A brother's dead love, ..."
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