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    clois·ter
    [ˈkloistər]
    noun
    cloister (noun) · cloisters (plural noun) · the cloister (noun)
    1. a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other:
      "the shadowed cloisters of the convent"
      • a convent or monastery.
      • (the cloister)
        monastic life:
        "he was inclined more to the cloister than the sword"
    verb
    cloister (verb) · cloisters (third person present) · cloistered (past tense) · cloistered (past participle) · cloistering (present participle)
    1. seclude or shut up in or as if in a convent or monastery:
      "the monastery was where the Brothers would cloister themselves to meditate" · "she cloisters herself at home"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘place of religious seclusion’): from Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum, clostrum ‘lock, enclosed place’, from claudere, ‘to close’.
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    noun
    1. a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other:
    verb
    1. seclude or shut up in or as if in a convent or monastery:
     
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  1. Cloister at Salisbury Cathedral, UK. A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.

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    cloister noun [ C usually plural ] uk / ˈklɔɪ.stə r/ us / ˈklɔɪ.stɚ / Add to word list a covered stone passage around the four sides of a courtyard (= a square or rectangular space) especially in a religious building such as a church or monastery
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cloister
    : a covered passage on the side of a court usually having one side walled and the other an open arcade or colonnade The courtyard is surrounded with a cloister.
    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloister

    A cloister is usually the area in a monastery around which the principal buildings are ranged, affording a means of communication between the buildings. In developed medieval practice, cloisters usually followed either a Benedictine or a Cistercian arrangement.

    www.britannica.com/topic/cloister
    Britannica Dictionary definition of CLOISTER [count] 1 : a place where monks or nuns live : a monastery or convent
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  2. Cloister Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word cloister, which can be a noun or a verb. A cloister can refer to a monastic establishment, a place of seclusion, or a covered passage.

     
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