The release of a cloistered religious person from monastic vows or confinement; the act of leaving a monastery or convent.
From Latin 'ex-' (out) + 'claustrum' (enclosed space, monastery) + '-ation' suffix. This historical ecclesiastical term literally means 'to exit an enclosed place.'
During the Protestant Reformation, thousands of monks and nuns underwent exclaustration—imagine the culture shock of going from silent, structured monastery life to the chaotic medieval marketplace!
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