Cloister - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈklɔɪstər|
Brit.
|ˈklɔɪstə|
noun
- residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
verb
- surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- surround with a cloister
- surround with a cloister
cloister the garden
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloisterShe cloistered herself in the office
Extra examples
...monks living in a cloister in the country...
She cloistered herself in the office
The north pane of the cloister was always very sunny.
Word forms
noun
singular: cloister
plural: cloisters
singular: cloister
plural: cloisters
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