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cloister::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | religious residence |
| Type of | residence |
| Has types | priory, monastery, convent |
| Derivation | cloistral |
Examples of cloister
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The place is an undertaker's parlor that looks rather like a medieval cloister.
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It is enclosed by and in spatial contrast with the cloister which surrounds it.
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Ask permission at the monastery entrance and follow the signs around the cloister.
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The palace was built around a quadrangle, situated west of the abbey cloister.
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A central chapel and octagonal cloister are entered through the surrounding rooms.
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Today's church with its bordering cloister was built in the 13th and 14th century.
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Disaffected church and convent buildings notable for a richly ornate cloister.
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In the cloister of my Jesuit undergraduate institution I actually chose to read it.
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Then visit the cloister and labyrinth to take an unusual journey in the dark.
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- Surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- Religious residence: residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- A courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
- Seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"
- (cloistered) providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
- A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. ...
- (The Cloisters) The Cloisters is a museum located in Fort Tryon Park, New York City. The building, which is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was reconstructed in the 1930s from the architectural elements of several European medieval abbeys. ...
- (The Cloisters (Letchworth)) The Cloisters in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire in the UK, was built by Quaker Miss Annie Jane Lawrence (1863-1953), the daughter of Alfred Lawrence (1826 - 1875), who, with his brother Frederick, owned 'Lawrence Brothers, Smiths and Founders', and his wife ...
- (The Cloisters (Lutherville, Maryland)) The Cloisters, also known as Cloisters Castle, is a historic home located at Lutherville, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. ...
