The Pillars of the Earth vocabulary

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Definition:
an ecclesiastical term for lawn next to a cathedral or convent

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There they parted company. Waleran went to the residence of the bishop of Winchester, a palace in its own ground adjacent to the cathedral close.

Ken Follett. The Pillars of the Earth, p.306 (1990)
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"Idiot!" growled Leon, rushing out of the church.
A lad was playing about the close.

Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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