cloister

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/ˈklɔɪstə/ English

Definitions

noun

A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
The monastic life.

verb

To become a Roman Catholic religious.
To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
To provide with a cloister or cloisters.“The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.”

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Synonyms

enter religion religious residence convent monastery peristyle corridor courtyard colonnade quadrangle garth cortile gallery court stoa passageway porch parvis

Associated

refectory sacristy hearth cistercian dormitory frescoes vaulted monastic infirmary transept

Rhymes

oyster roister foister hoister pearl oyster seed oyster vegetable oyster saddle oyster royster window oyster

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