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Cloister

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Noun

1. cloister, religious residence

residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

2. cloister

a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)

Verb

3. cloister

surround with a cloister, as of a garden

4. cloister

surround with a cloister

Example Sentences:
'cloister the garden'

5. cloister

seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister

Example Sentences:
'She cloistered herself in the office'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cloister

see synonyms of cloister
noun
1. 
a covered walk, usually around a quadrangle in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade on the inside and a wall on the outside
2. (sometimes plural)
a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery
3. 
life in a monastery or convent
verb
4. (transitive)
to confine or seclude in or as if in a monastery

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Cloister

see synonyms of cloister
noun
1. 
a place of religious seclusion: monastery or convent
2. 
monastic life
3. 
any place where one may lead a secluded life
4. 
an arched way or covered walk along the inside wall or walls of a monastery, convent, church, or college building, with a columned opening along one side leading to a courtyard or garden
verb transitive
5. 
to seclude or confine in or as in a cloister
6. 
to furnish or surround with a cloister

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cloister

see synonyms of cloister
n.
1.
a. A quadrangle enclosed by an open colonnade and a covered walk.
b. The covered walk enclosing such a quadrangle.
2.
a. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
b. Life in a monastery or convent.
3. A secluded, quiet place.
tr.v. clois·tered, clois·ter·ing, clois·ters
1. To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude.
2. To furnish (a building) with a cloister.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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