Closet

Closet - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

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).

Closet - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

CLOSET, n. s as z.

1. A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy.

When thou prayest, inter into thy closet. Mat 6.

2. An apartment for curiosities or valuable things.

3. A small close apartment or recess in the side of a room for repositing utensils and furniture.

CLOSET, v.t. s as z. To shut up in a closet; to conceal; to take into a private apartment for consultation.