meaning of cloister
1. An inclosed place.
2. A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
3. the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
4. A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
5. To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.
Related Words
cloister | cloisteral | cloistered | cloisterer | cloistering |
