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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Late Latin
Origin: strictura 'tightening, narrowing', from Latin strictus; STRICT

stricture

 noun
     
stric‧ture [countable often plural] formal
1RR a rule that strictly limits what you can do
stricture on/against
religious strictures on marriage
2 a severe criticism
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