cloister

clois·ter  (kloistr)

n.

1. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle.

2.

a. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.

b. Life in a monastery or convent.

3. A secluded, quiet place.

tr.v. clois·tered, clois·ter·ing, clois·ters

1. To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude.

2. To furnish (a building) with a cloister.

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[Middle English cloistre, from Old French, alteration (influenced by cloison, partition) of clostre, from Latin claustrum, enclosed place, from claudere, to close.]

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cloister [ˈklɔɪstə]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a covered walk, usually around a quadrangle in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade on the inside and a wall on the outside

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (sometimes plural) a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery

3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) life in a monastery or convent

vb

(tr) to confine or seclude in or as if in a monastery

[from Old French cloistre, from Medieval Latin claustrum monastic cell, from Latin: bolt, barrier, from claudere to close; influenced in form by Old French cloison partition]

cloister-like  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cloister - residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) religious residence convent - a religious residence especially for nuns monastery - the residence of a religious community priory - religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress residence - the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence"
	2.	cloister - a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) courtyard, court - an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court" faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
Verb	1.	cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a garden border, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
	2.	cloister - surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden" border, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
	3.	cloister - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office" isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

Translations

cloister [ˈklɔɪstəʳ] N → claustro m cloisters → soportales mpl

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cloister [ˈklɔɪstə^r] n → cloître m

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cloister

n

(= covered walk) → Kreuzgang m

(= monastery) → Kloster nt

vr to cloister oneself (away) → sich von der Welt abkapseln

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cloister [ˈklɔɪstəʳ] n → chiostro

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cloister [ˈklɔɪstəʳ] n → chiostro

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cloister

n cloister [ˈkloistə]

a covered walk forming part of a monastery, church or college. klooster رِواقٌ في دَيْر галерия със сводове покрай манастир ambit klostergang; buegang der Kreuzgang στοά (π.χ. μονής) claustro ristikäik رواق؛ راهروی سرپوشیده pylväskäytävä cloître מַעֲבָר קְשָתוֹת מְקוּרֶה मठ, कालेज इत्यादि का छायादार रास्ता, एकान्त स्थल samostan kerengő gereja atau universitas bogagöng chiostro 回廊 회랑 dengta galerija krusta eja serambi gereja kloostergang klostergang, bue-/søylegang krużganek claustro cloister, mănăstire крытая аркада ambit, krížová chodba stebrišče zasvođeni hodnik kloster-, pelargång ที่อยู่ทางศาสนา (เช่น วัด) avlu (修道院、教堂、學院等的)迴廊 крита аркада خانقاہ میں رہنا ، گوشہ نشینی ، عزلت نشینی tu viện （修道院等的）回廊