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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Closet \Clos"et\, n. [OF. closet little inclosure, dim. of clos. See {Close} an inclosure.] 1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine --Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. --Matt. vi 6. 2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room for household utensils, clothing, etc --Dryden. {Closet sin}, sin commited in privacy. --Bp. Hall. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Closet \Clos"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. pr & vb n. {Closeting}.] 1. To shut up in or as in a closet; to conceal. [R.] Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. --Cowper. 2. To make into a closet for a secret interview. He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members. --Bancroft. He had been closeted with De Quadra. --Froude. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: closet adj 1: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" [syn: {closet(a)}, {confidential}, {secret}] 2: indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet liberals" [syn: {closet(a)}, {secret}] n 1: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage [syn: {cupboard}] 2: a toilet in England [syn: {water closet}, {W.C.}, {loo}] 3: with rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: {wardrobe}, {press}] 4: a small private room for study or prayer v : confine to a small space, as for intensive work From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Closet as used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luke 12: 24), and hence a place of privacy and retirement (Matt. 6:6; Luke 12:3).
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