Closed-class words belong to a list of morphemes that can be considered complete and it is normally rare to find new words added to this list by the very nature of their functions as function words. The types of words which are listed as closed-class are:
... years later he was sent to Hawaii, where he was ordained on May 24, 1864. On May 10, 1873, at his request, he was permitted to travel to Molokai to help the lepers who ...