A cloister (from Latin claustrum 'enclosure') is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.

More than three centuries later, English speakers began using the verb cloister to mean “to seclude in or as if in a cloister.” Today, the noun can also refer to the monastic life or to a covered and usually …

cloister, quadrilateral enclosure surrounded by covered walkways, and usually attached to a monastic or cathedral church and sometimes to a college.

What, exactly, is a Cloister? A cloister, also known as a claustrum or a monastic cloister, is an architectural feature commonly found in Christian churches, particularly those of monastic orders. It …

Definition of cloister noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [countable, usually plural] a covered passage with arches around a square garden, usually forming part of a cathedral, convent …

CLOISTER definition: a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard. See examples of cloister used in a sentence.

/ ˈklɔɪ·stər / Add to word list a covered passage around esp. a square open space within a religious building, or the space such a passage goes around (Definition of cloister from the Cambridge …

1. To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude. 2. To furnish (a building) with a cloister.

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. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s …

A cloister is an enclosed garden, usually surrounded by covered walkways. Because such spaces are often featured in buildings that house religious orders, cloister can be used to mean "monastery" or …