Cloister

n.	1.
	1.	An inclosed place.
	2.	A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court; But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale. - Milton.
	3.	A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties. Fitter for a cloister than a crown. - Daniel. Cloister garth (Arch.) the garden or open part of a court inclosed by the cloisters.
v. t.	1.	To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure. [imp. & p. p. Cloistered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cloistering.] None among them are thought worthy to be styled religious persons but those that cloister themselves up in a monastery. - Sharp.

Noun	1.	cloister - residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) Synonyms: religious residence
	2.	cloister - a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
Verb	1.	cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a garden
	2.	cloister - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"

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