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cloister
/ˈklɔɪstə/
verb 5noun 4
Collocations
2CLOISTER + NOUN
church, door
PREP.
between, up
Definitions
noun
1
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:
2
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:
3
A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
4
The monastic life.
verb
1
To become a Roman Catholic religious.
2
To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
3
To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
4
To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.
5
To protect or isolate.
Unique condo cloistered on top of hill.
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The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.
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Unique condo cloistered on top of hill.
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The nuns went up to the cloister.
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What's the difference between a cloister and a church?
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Mr. Pye crossed the nave, and quitted the cathedral by the cloister door, followed by the choristers.
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