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nounresidence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
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nouna courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
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"She cloistered herself in the office"verbseclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
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"cloister the garden"verbsurround with a cloister
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verbsurround with a cloister, as of a garden
Definition that contains cloister
- monk a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
- monastic a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
- cloister seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
- cloister surround with a cloister
- cloister surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- ambulatory a covered walkway (as in a cloister)