cloister
11cloister — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. abbey, priory, convent, hermitage, monastery; retreat, sanctuary; arcade, colonnade. See seclusion, abode, temple. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A place of religious seclusion] Syn. monastery, convent, abbey …
12cloister — {{11}}cloister (n.) early 13c., from O.Fr. cloistre monastery, convent (12c., Mod.Fr. cloître) or O.E. clauster, both from M.L. claustrum portion of monastery closed off to laity, from L. claustrum place shut in, enclosure; bar, bolt, means of… …
13cloister — /ˈklɔɪstə / (say kloystuh) noun 1. a covered walk, especially one adjoining a building, as a church, commonly running round an open court (garth) and opening on to it with an open arcade or colonnade. 2. a place of religious seclusion; a… …
14cloister — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cloistre, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin claustrum, from Latin, bar, bolt, from claudere to close more at close Date: 13th century 1. a. a monastic establishment b. an area within a monastery or convent… …
15cloister — UK [ˈklɔɪstə(r)] / US [ˈklɔɪstər] noun [countable] Word forms cloister : singular cloister plural cloisters 1) [often plural] a covered path around an open area in the centre of a large building such as a cathedral or monastery 2) literary a… …
16cloister — 1. noun /ˈklɔɪstə,ˈklɔɪstɚ/ a) A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially: b) such arcade in a monastery 2 …
17cloister — clois|ter1 [ klɔıstər ] noun count 1. ) often plural a covered path around an open area in the center of a large building such as a CATHEDRAL or MONASTERY 2. ) LITERARY a MONASTERY or CONVENT cloister clois|ter 2 [ klɔıstər ] verb transitive… …
18cloister — [13] A cloister was originally simply an enclosed place, a ‘close’. The word comes from Old French cloistre, a descendant of Latin claustrum ‘bar, bolt, enclosure’, which was formed from the past participial stem of Latin claudere ‘close’ (source …
19cloister — [[t]klɔ͟ɪstə(r)[/t]] cloisters N COUNT 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 …
20cloister — [ klɔɪstə] noun 1》 a covered, and typically colonnaded, passage round an open court in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral. 2》 a convent or monastery. ↘(the cloister) monastic life. verb seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.… …
