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Search phrase: cloister

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.iii.244He will steal, sir, an egg out of a cloister. ForHe will steale sir an Egge out of a Cloister: for
MacbethMac III.ii.41His cloistered flight, ere to black Hecat's summonsHis Cloyster'd flight, ere to black Heccats summons
Measure for MeasureMM I.ii.176This day my sister should the cloister enter,This day, my sister should the Cloyster enter,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.i.71For aye to be in shady cloister mewed,For aye to be in shady Cloister mew'd,
Richard IIR2 V.i.23And cloister thee in some religious house.And Cloyster thee in some Religious House:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.iii.2Wherewith my brother held you in the cloister?Wherewith my brother held you in the Cloyster?

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
A Lover's ComplaintLC.249 And now she would the caged cloister fly: And now she would the caged cloister flie:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1085 And therefore still in night would cloistered be. And therefore still in night would cloistred be.

Glossary

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cloisteredconfined, restricted [as in a cloister]
cloistresscloistered nun, member of an enclosed order
reclusivesecluded, cloistered, withdrawn from society
retiredwithdrawn, secluded, cloistered

Thesaurus

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cloisteredretired
cloisteredreclusive
cloistered nuncloistress
nun, cloisteredcloistress

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CLOISTERBASICcloister n, cloister v, cloistered adj
CLOISTERPEOPLEcloistress n

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