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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɫau̯ˈsuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [klau̯ˈsuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''clausūra''' ''f'' (genitive clausūrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ The form ''clūsūra'' is the more usual one.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[claudō]] “to shut”, through its participle ⟨clausus⟩, with the suffix [[-ūra]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is the Itala, the Old Latin Bible, after 220 AD.^(Köbler 2010) The TLL cites it from the Itala, Vegetius, Chiron, the Vulgate and Augustine.^(TLL)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In classical Latin it apparently meant the clasp of a necklace.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Medieval Latin used it for a lock, a fence, a cattle park, an enclosed vineyard or field, fencing wood, the right to enclose land, a frontier, a mountain pass, and a toll.^(Niermeyer 1976) Ecclesiastical Latin uses it for a cloister, an enclosure.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''chiusura'' and French ''clôture'', and through Old French ''closure'' it gave [[en|closure]] in the late 14th century, first “a barrier, a fence”, and French ''clôture'' gave [[en|cloture]] in 1871.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * after 220 AD – The Itala uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''closure'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1871 – English ''cloture'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The clasp of a necklace.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A lock; a [[m|en|fence]]; an enclosed field.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A frontier; a mountain pass.^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A [[m|en|cloister]], enclosure.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[claudō]]
+ * [[claustellum]]
+ * [[claustrārius]]
+ * [[claustrum]]
+ * [[clausula]]
+ * [[clausum]]
+ * [[clausus]]
+ * [[en|closure]]
+ * [[en|cloture]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}