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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1596-1621
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Clauster, n. [L. claustrum.] a. A cloister, monastery. b. An enclosure. — 1596 Dalr. II. 193/8.
The gouernour commandes thame al to the clauster of Caldstreme … thair to byd 1621 Acts IV. 658/1.
All and haill the maner place of Coldinghame … orcheartis, clausteris, and haill boundis … within the precinct of the same
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