cloister
[ kloi-ster ]
/ ˈklɔɪ stər /
noun
verb (used with object)
Origin of cloister
OTHER WORDS FROM cloister
clois·ter·less, adjective clois·ter·like, adjectiveWords nearby cloister
clog,
clog dance,
clogger,
cloggy,
cloisonné,
cloister,
cloister garth,
cloistered,
cloistered vault,
cloistral,
cloistress
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British Dictionary definitions for cloister
cloister
/ (ˈklɔɪstə) /
noun
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
(sometimes plural)
a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery
life in a monastery or convent
verb
(tr)
to confine or seclude in or as if in a monastery
Derived forms of cloister
cloister-like, adjectiveWord Origin for cloister
C13: 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