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Definition of Cloister
1. Verb. Surround with a cloister, as of a garden.
2. Noun. Residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery).
Specialized synonyms: Convent, Monastery, Priory
Generic synonyms: Residence
Derivative terms: Cloistral
3. Verb. Surround with a cloister. "Cloister the garden"
4. Noun. A courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions).
5. Verb. Seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister. "She cloistered herself in the office"
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