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  2. Enclosure - Wikipedia

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    It was the re-allocation of scattered strips of land into large new fields that were enclosed either by hedges, walls or fences. [21] The newly created enclosed fields were reserved for the sole use of individual owners or their tenants. [21] Inclosure. Inclosure is the statutory and legal form of the word "enclosure". Enclosure is the process. [1]

  3. Enclosed religious orders - Wikipedia

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    Enclosed religious orders are religious orders whose members strictly separate themselves from the affairs of the external world. The term cloistered is synonymous with enclosed . In the Catholic Church , enclosure is regulated by the code of canon law , either the Latin code or the Oriental code , and also by the constitutions of the specific ...

  4. Immurement - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the execution of Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi. Immurement (from Latin im- 'in' and murus 'wall'; lit. ' walling in '), also called immuration or live entombment, is a form of imprisonment, usually until death, in which someone is placed within an enclosed space without exits. [1]

  5. Box-bed - Wikipedia

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    A small box-bed (also known as a closed bed, close bed, or enclosed bed; less commonly, shut-bed [1]) is an enclosed bed made to look like a cupboard, half-opened or not. The form originates in western European late medieval furniture. The box-bed is closed on all sides by panels of wood.

  6. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    closet: any small room (esp. Northern England, Scotland, & Ireland); hence water closet, a room containing a flush toilet, later the toilet itself a private chamber for retirement in secret; (come out of the closet) to reveal what was secret (especially in relation to homosexuality)

  7. Closed community - Wikipedia

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    A 1590 drawing of a fortified Native village the manner of construction of the buildings and the enclosing stockade. Frederic Clements was an American ecologist and pioneer who studied vegetation formation and development, he created the idea that plants are supposed to birth, grow/mature, and decay.

  8. Courtroom - Wikipedia

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    Irish legal tradition is inherited from English tradition and so an Irish courtroom has a similar setup to the English/Welsh model. The judge (or judges, in the Supreme Court and Special Criminal Court or some High Court cases) sits on a raised platform at the top of the court and wears a white collar (also called tabs) and a black gown; he/she does not wear a wig and does not use a gavel.

  9. Confessional - Wikipedia

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    Confessional at the Toulouse Cathedral A confessional in Luther Church (Helsinki, Finland). A confessional is a box, cabinet, booth, or stall where the priest in some Christian churches sits to hear the confessions of penitents.