All 3 Uses of
cloister
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- The parachute-lights soar upwards—and I see a picture, a summer evening, I am in the cathedral cloister†
Chpt 6
- I ... look at the tall rose trees that bloom in the middle of the little cloister garden where the monks lie buried.†
Chpt 6
- Between the glowing columns of the cloister is the cool darkness that only churches have, and I stand there and wonder whether, when I am twenty, I shall have experienced the bewildering emotions of love.
Chpt 6 *cloister = a covered walkway and the courtyard it surrounds
Definition:
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(cloister in the architectural sense) a covered walkway and the courtyard it surrounds with an open colonnade on one side of the walkway and the perimeter building walls on the other side -- especially as an area of quiet contemplation on religious grounds