Hypertext Webster Gateway: "closet"
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).
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) 1.7 (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 space
[syn: {cupboard}]
2: a toilet in England [syn: {water closet}, {W.C.}, {loo}]
3: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for
clothes; has a door and 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
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