Definition of Cloister

1. Verb. Surround with a cloister, as of a garden.

Generic synonyms: Border, Environ, Ring, Skirt, Surround

2. Noun. Residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery).
Exact synonyms: Religious Residence
Specialized synonyms: Convent, Monastery, Priory
Generic synonyms: Residence
Derivative terms: Cloistral

3. Verb. Surround with a cloister. "Cloister the garden"
Generic synonyms: Border, Environ, Ring, Skirt, Surround

4. Noun. A courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions).
Generic synonyms: Court, Courtyard
Category relationships: Faith, Religion, Religious Belief

5. Verb. Seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister. "She cloistered herself in the office"
Generic synonyms: Insulate, Isolate

Definition of Cloister

1. n. An inclosed place.

2. v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

Definition of Cloister

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

2. Noun. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion. ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) The monastic life ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To provide with (a) cloister(s). ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To protect or isolate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cloister

1. to seclude [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: seclude

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloister

cloggier
cloggiest
cloggily
clogginess
clogging
cloggy
clogs
clogs to clogs in three generations
clogwyn
clogwyns
cloison
cloisonn
cloisonne
cloisonnes
cloisons
cloister (current term)
cloisteral
cloistered
cloisterer
cloisterers
cloistering
cloisterlike
cloisters
cloistral
cloistre
cloistres
cloistress
cloistresses
cloke
cloked

Other Resources:

Search for Cloister on Dictionary.com!Search for Cloister on Thesaurus.com!Search for Cloister on Google!Search for Cloister on Wikipedia!

Search

Translations