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Meaning of 'cloister' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cloister [ v. t.]
- An inclosed place.
- A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
- the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
- A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
- To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

Meaning of 'cloister' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cloister [ v]
Meaning (1):
- surround with a cloister
Example in sentence:
  • cloister the garden
Meaning (2):
- seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
Example in sentence:
  • She cloistered herself in the office

Nearby Words:

cloaca cloacae cloacal cloak cloaked cloakedly cloaking cloakroom clock clocklike

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