1. Residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
   - religious residence 
2. A courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)

1. Surround with a cloister, as of a garden 
2. Surround with a cloister
   "cloister the garden" 
3. Seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
   "She cloistered herself in the office"

Derived forms: cloistered, cloistering, cloisters

See also: cloistral

Type of: border, court, courtyard, environ, insulate, isolate, residence, ring, skirt, surround

Encyclopedia: Cloister

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