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Verb
/ˈkloistər/,
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cloisters, plural;
  1. 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
Noun
  1. 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

  2. Monastic life
    • - he was inclined more to the cloister than the sword
  3. A convent or monastery

  4. Any place or position of seclusion
    • - college is a cloister apart from the cares of the world
  1. (cloister) surround with a cloister, as of a garden
  2. (cloister) religious residence: residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
  3. (cloister) a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
  4. The Cloisters is a museum located in Fort Tryon Park, New York City. The building, which is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was reconstructed in the 1930s from the architectural elements of several European medieval abbeys. It is used to exhibit art and architecture from Medieval Europe.
  5. The Cloisters in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire in the UK, was built by Quaker Miss Annie Jane Lawrence (1863-1953), the daughter of Alfred Lawrence (1826 - 1875), who, with his brother Frederick, owned 'Lawrence Brothers, Smiths and Founders', and his wife Mary Elizabeth. ...
  6. The Cloisters, also known as Cloisters Castle, is a historic home located at Lutherville, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. ...
  7. A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. ...
  8. (cloister) A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially: such arcade in a monastery such arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion; A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to ...
  9. (cloister) Part of a monastery; a quadrangle-le surrounded by covered passages. It connects the domestic parts of the monastery with the church. Usually located on the south side of the church.
  10. (cloister) A cluster used to restrict the scope of a regular expression modifier.
  11. (Cloister) in a monastery, a covered passage or ambulatory, usually with one side walled and the other open to a courtyard.
  12. (cloister) a covered walkway in a monastery or church
  13. (cloister) central part of a monastery opening to the courtyard.
  14. (Cloister) The enclosed living quarters of the monastery.
  15. (CLOISTER) part of the monastery, consisting of arches arranged around a central courtyard or a garden. Usually set aside for the religious.
  16. (CLOISTER) A secluded monastery or convent. In a strictly cloistered convent, the nuns are cut off from the rest of the world. If visitors come to see the nuns, they are separated from them by a grille. This allows conversation and eye contact but it prevents any kind of physical contact.
  17. (Cloister) A covered walk usually around a quadrangle in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade on the inside and wall on the outside.
  18. (Cloister) A physical enclosure or place of restricted access, such as a monastery* or convent,* which normally encompasses the living quarters of priests and religious. ...
  19. (Cloister) Part of a convent or monastery reserved for use by members of the order that live in that facility.
  20. (Cloister) To dream of a cloister, omens dissatisfaction with present surroundings, and you will soon seek new environments. For a young woman to dream of a cloister, foretells that her life will be made unselfish by the chastening of sorrow.
  21. (Cloister) Where a former roisterer tries to abandon the path of roistering for a quite life in a slumbering suburb. Sleep, however, does not come easily to such a turn-coat, and sudden shouts of "CLOIS-TER!" from out of the darkness are apt to disturb him.
  22. (cloister [KLAW-ih-stur]) a secluded and quiet place, especially associated with a monastery. from a Latin word meaning closed
  23. (cloister) (1) A rectangular open area of ground known as a garth generally surrounded on all sides by covered alleyways, a standard feature of monastic and collegiate complexes. (2) The buildings making up a monastic complex. (3) The monastic life in general.
  24. (cloister) a quadrangle surrounded by roofed or vaulted passages connecting a major church to domestic or ancillary buildings
  25. (cloister) a square or rectangular courtyard, sometime with gardens, surrounded on all sides by a vaulted arcade. Typically devoted to spiritual contemplation or scholarly reflection, a cloister is usually part of a monastery, a church, or occasionally, a university.