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1. | An inclosed place. | ||||
2. | A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court; | ||||
3. | A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
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v. t. | 1. | To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure. |
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" |