Australian English Meaning of cloister

Cloister

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Definitions and Meaning of cloister in English

Wordnet

cloister (n)

residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)

Wordnet

cloister (v)

surround with a cloister, as of a garden

surround with a cloister

seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister

Webster

cloister (v. t.)

An inclosed place.

A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;

the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.

A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

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Cloister

residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery), a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions), surround with a cloister,

abbey,Monastery,convent,friary,hermitage,priory,house,nunnery

No antonyms found.

cloisonne => Cloisonné, cloggy => clogged, clogging => blockage, clogginess => clogging, clogged => blocked,