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Show more There are no more uses of "cloister" in the book. To see samples from other sources, click a word sense below: architectural sense Define
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
religious sense
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residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery); or the act of entering into such a residence
as in: cloister ourselves away
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seclude from the world (kept separate from the world)
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