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Definition of Reclusion
1. n. A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Definition of Reclusion
1. Noun. Life as a recluse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reclusion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reclusion
Literary usage of Reclusion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"Meanwhile no statute existed compelling the cardinals to reclusion while discharging
their office of electors; but several instances are on record where ..."
2. Prisons and Prisoners by Joseph Adshead (1845)
"Those condemned to reclusion, shall undergo their sentence in a prison which
shall be called (House of reclusion) Maison de reclusion. ART. 15th. ..."
3. Prisons and Reformatories at Home and Abroad: Being the Transactions of the by Edwin Pears (1872)
"reclusion occupies a middle place between simple imprisonment and a sentence to
... A fine cannot be substituted for reclusion. At Zurich reclusion has a ..."
4. The State of Prisons and of Child-saving Institutions in the Civilized World by Enoch Cobb Wines (1879)
"... the lesser penal servitude (presidio mayor, presidio menor, — fat presidio
being a convict or central prison) ; correctional reclusion, ..."
5. The State of Prisons and of Child-saving Institutions in the Civilized World by Enoch Cobb Wines (1879)
"... travaux forces a temps) ; reclusion for life, reclusion for a term ...
the presidio being a convict or central prison) ; correctional reclusion, ..."
6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"reclusion means incarceration under a sentence to undergo an infamous punishment,
... "reclusion" is a legal word, a technical expression, to which a legal ..."
7. The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies: Sicily--Naples--Sardinia--Milan by Henry Charles Lea (1908)
"About 1590 Fray Antonio Pacheco Sampayo, against whom there were many accusers,
was deprived of confessing, had three years of reclusion and fifty lashes in ..."
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