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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OF.

parclose

an inclosed place; L.

per

through +

claudere

clausum

, to shut.]

(Eccl. Arch.)

Same as

Conclusion; end.

[Obs.]

Sir W. Raleigh.

Noun.

s as z. Conclusion. [Not used.]

perclose ‎(plural percloses)

A parclose; a partition separating part of a church.
(obsolete) conclusion; end
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