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Cloister

ˈklɔɪstə

Cloister definitions
noun
cloister cloisters
  1. a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a colonnade open to a quadrangle on one side

    "the shadowed cloisters of the convent"

    • a convent or monastery
    • monastic life

      "he was inclined more to the cloister than the sword"

verb
cloister cloistered cloistering cloisters
  1. seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery

    "the monastery was where the Brothers would cloister themselves to meditate"