- nouncloister (noun) · cloisters (plural noun) · the cloister (noun)
- a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other:"the shadowed cloisters of the convent"
- a convent or monastery.
- (the cloister)monastic life:"he was inclined more to the cloister than the sword"
verbcloister (verb) · cloisters (third person present) · cloistered (past tense) · cloistered (past participle) · cloistering (present participle)- seclude or shut up in or as if in a convent or monastery:"the monastery was where the Brothers would cloister themselves to meditate" · "she cloisters herself at home"
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘place of religious seclusion’): from Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum, clostrum ‘lock, enclosed place’, from claudere, ‘to close’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloistercloister noun /ˈklɔɪstə (r)/ /ˈklɔɪstər/ [countable, usually plural] a covered passage with arches around a square garden, usually forming part of a cathedral, convent or monasterywww.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/engli…cloister noun [ C usually plural ] us / ˈklɔɪ.stɚ / uk / ˈklɔɪ.stə r/ Add to word list Add to word list a covered stone passage around the four sides of a courtyard (= a square or rectangular space) especially in a religious building such as a church or monasterydictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/cloister
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