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cloister
[kloi-ster]
noun
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
a courtyard, especially in a religious institution, bordered with such walks.
a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent.
Synonyms: ,any quiet, secluded place.
life in a monastery or convent.
verb (used with object)
to confine in a monastery or convent.
to confine in retirement; seclude.
to furnish with a cloister or covered walk.
to convert into a monastery or convent.
cloister
/ ˈɔɪə /
noun
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
(sometimes plural) a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery
life in a monastery or convent
verb
(tr) to confine or seclude in or as if in a monastery
Other Word Forms
- cloisterless adjective
- cloisterlike adjective
- ˈǾٱ-ˌ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cloister1
Example Sentences
Yet his work has never stayed cloistered within academia.
Unlike Parolin, he has decades of pastoral experience – meaning he has been an active Church leader among the people as opposed to a diplomat for the Vatican or cloistered expert on Church law.
The single storey building consists of five separate interconnecting buildings which are located around a cloistered courtyard and communal and administration areas.
The assured magnate, the superficial wife, the doted-upon child who was raised so cloistered he whistles canary songs to a tank of crawdads and tries to teach pet tricks to a fish.
Katz suggests that the artists’ apparent desire for a popular hug alienated a cloistered art public.
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