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Search phrase: cloister

Plays

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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
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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A Lover's ComplaintLC.249 And now she would the caged cloister fly: And now she would the caged cloister flie:

Glossary

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cloisteredconfined, restricted [as in a cloister]

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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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