The meaning of CLOISTER is a monastic establishment. How to use cloister in a sentence. Did you know?

A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.

CLOISTER definition: 1. a covered stone passage around the four sides of a courtyard (= a square or rectangular space…. Learn more.

A cloister is an enclosed garden, usually surrounded by covered walkways. Because such spaces are often featured in buildings that house religious orders, cloister can be used to mean "monastery" or "convent."

A cloister is usually the area in a monastery around which the principal buildings are ranged, affording a means of communication between the buildings. In developed medieval practice, cloisters usually followed either a Benedictine or a Cistercian arrangement.

A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral. The thirteenth-century cloisters are amongst the most beautiful in central Italy. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary .

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

Definition of cloister noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [countable, usually plural] a covered passage with arches around a square garden, usually forming part of a cathedral, convent or monastery. The 12th century church and cloisters remain surprisingly intact. [singular] life in a convent or monastery.

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life in a monastery or convent. to confine in a monastery or convent. to confine in retirement; seclude. to furnish with a cloister or covered walk. to convert into a monastery or convent.