Both Uses of
cloister
in
Arrowsmith
- Dr. Gottlieb tells me that you have a natural aptitude for cloistered investigation but that you have been looking over the fields of medical practice and public health before you settled down to the laboratory.†
Chpt 26
- Ross McGurk was an emperor of the new era, better served than any cloistered satrap of old.†
Chpt 32 *
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