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incloister

incloister is the archaic form of encloister.

Meaning of encloister

Verb

encloister (third-person singular simple present encloisters, present participle encloistering, simple past and past participle encloistered)

  1. To shut away in a cloister.
    Synonyms:
    cloister

Forms of incloister

third-person singular presentincloisters
present participleincloistering
past participleincloistered
pastincloistered

Origin of incloister

From in- + cloister.

Questions about incloister

What is incloister the archaic form of?
Incloister is the archaic form of encloister.

Words near incloister in the dictionary

  1. inclinometers
  2. inclinometry
  3. inclip
  4. inclisiran
  5. incln.
  6. incloister
  7. incloistered
  8. incloistering
  9. incloisters
  10. inclosable
  11. inclose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incloister (page history and authors); encloister (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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