Definition of cloister
English to English noun - residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
source: WordNet 3.0 - a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
source: WordNet 3.0 - An inclosed place.
source: Webster 1913 verb - surround with a cloister, as of a garden
source: WordNet 3.0 - surround with a cloister
Cloister the garden.
source: WordNet 3.0 - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
She cloistered herself in the office.
source: WordNet 3.0 - To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.
source: Webster 1913
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cloister, cloisterer, clyster, clustery, calico aster, cagliostro, closed-door, clock tower, cellulose ester, collocutor, chalkcutter, colcothar, collegatary, celsiture
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