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Definition of Cloister
Cloister
An inclosed place.

A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;

the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.

A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

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Cloister Translations
cloister in German is Kreuzgang
cloister in Spanish is enclaustrar, claustro


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