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Definition cloister
Etymology
Recorded since about 1300 as Middle English cloistre, borrowed from Old French cloistre, clostre, or via Old English clauster, both from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”), a derivation of the past participle of claudere (“to close”). Doublet of claustrum.
Noun
cloister (plural cloisters)
- A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
- such an arcade in a monastery;
- such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
- A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- (figuratively) The monastic life.
Verb
cloister (third-person singular simple present cloisters, present participle cloistering, simple past and past participle cloistered)
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