Claustral Definition

klôstrəl
adjective
Of or relating to a method of establishing a new colony, found in certain social insects, in which a queen (in ants) or a queen and king pair (in termites) sequesters itself in a small chamber and hatches the first generation of workers, nourishing them primarily on stored body fat.
American Heritage
Of or related to a cloister.
Webster's New World
Secluded, isolated, or retired from the world.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to a claustrum, especially of the brain.
American Heritage

Origin of Claustral

  • Latin claustrum bar, barrier, enclosed place cloister –al

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Based on Latin claustrum (“cloister”).

    From Wiktionary

Claustral Sentence Examples

  • Learning his letters first from the parish priest, he was sent at an early age to the claustral school at Evesham and thence, in his eighteenth year, to Gloucester Hall, Oxford, as a Benedictine student.

  • Scattered fragments of some of the claustral buildings are also visible.

  • The claustral buildings along the east range are reputed to be the finest in Scotland, and the Chapter House is particularly splendid.

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Words Starting With

CCLCLA

Words Ending With

LALRAL

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With C9 Letter Words Ending With L