Definition of cloister Cloister

/klɔjˈstɚ/ - [kloyster] - clois•ter

We found 22 definitions of cloister from 5 different sources.

What does cloister mean?

Noun Plural: cloisters
cloister - a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
		courtyard, court respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"
		religious belief, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
cloister - residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
		religious residence
		residence the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence"
		convent a religious residence especially for nuns
		monastery the residence of a religious community
Verb cloisters, cloistering, cloistered
cloister - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"
		insulate, isolate protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"
cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a garden
		environ, skirt, surround, border, ring pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
cloister - surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden"
		environ, skirt, surround, border, ring pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"

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cloister (Noun)
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially.
cloister (Noun)
Such arcade in a monastery.
cloister (Noun)
Such arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
cloister (Noun)
A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
cloister (Noun)
The monastic life.
cloister (Verb)
To become a Roman Catholic religious.
cloister (Verb)
To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
cloister (Verb)
To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
cloister (Verb)
To provide with a cloisters.
cloister (Verb)
To protect or isolate.

cloister (v. t.)
An inclosed place.
cloister (v. t.)
A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
cloister (v. t.)
the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
cloister (v. t.)
A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
cloister (v. t.)
To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

cloister
klois′tėr, n. a covered arcade forming part of a monastic or collegiate establishment: a place of religious retirement, a monastery or nunnery: an enclosed place.—v.t. to confine in a cloister: to confine within walls.—adjs. Clois′teral, Clois′tral, Claus′tral, pertaining or confined to a cloister: secluded; Clois′tered, dwelling in cloisters.—ns. Clois′terer, one belonging to a cloister; Clois′ter-garth, the court or yard enclosed by a cloister; Clois′tress (Shak.), a nun.—The cloister, the monastic life. [O. Fr. cloistre (A.S. clauster)—L. claustrum—claudĕre, clausum, to shut.]