Definitions of cloister [ˈklɔɪ stər]

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Definition of 'cloister'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cloister
a covered walk, esp. in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usu. opening onto a courtyard.

2.  cloister
a courtyard, esp. in a religious institution, bordered with such walks.

3.  cloister
a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent.

4.  cloister
any quiet, secluded place.

5.  cloister
life in a monastery or convent.

6. (v.t.) cloister
to confine in a monastery or convent.

7.  cloister
to confine in retirement; seclude.

8.  cloister
to furnish with a cloister or covered walk.

9.  cloister
to convert into a monastery or convent.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME cloistre < AF, OF, b. cloison partition (see cloisonné ) and clostre < L claustrum barrier)

Definition of 'cloister'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) religious residence, cloister
residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

2. (verb) cloister
a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)

3. (verb) cloister
surround with a cloister, as of a garden

4. (verb) cloister
surround with a cloister
"cloister the garden"

5. (verb) cloister
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
"She cloistered herself in the office"

Definition of 'cloister'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) cloister
an inclosed place

2. (verb) cloister
a covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;

3. (verb) cloister
the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college

4. (verb) cloister
a monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties

5. (verb) cloister
to confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure

Translation of 'cloister'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a covered walk forming part of a monastery, church or college.
Afrikaans: klooster	Arabic: رِواقٌ في دَيْر	Bulgarian: галерия със сводове покра
Brazilian: claustro	Czech: ambit	German: der Kreuzgang
Danish: klostergang; buegang	Greek: στοά (π.χ. μονής)	Spanish: claustro
Estonian: ristikäik	Farsi: رواق؛ راهروی سرپوشیده	Finnish: pylväskäytävä
French: cloître	Hebrew: מַעֲבָר קְשָתוֹת מְקוּרֶה	Hindi: मठ, कालेज इत्यादि का छाया
Croatian: samostan	Hungarian: kerengő	Indonesian: gereja atau universitas
Icelandic: bogagöng	Italian: chiostro	Japanese: 回廊
Korean: 회랑	Lithuanian: dengta galerija	Latvian: krusta eja
Malay: serambi gereja	Dutch: kloostergang	Norwegian: klostergang, bue-/søylega
Polish: krużganek	Persian: رواق؛ راهروی سرپوشیده	Pashto: صومعه، څپله، ددنيا دتار ك
Portuguese: claustro	Romanian: cloister, mănăstire	Russian: крытая аркада
Slovak: ambit, krížová chodba	Slovenian: stebrišče	Serbian: zasvođeni hodnik
Swedish: kloster-, pelargång	Thai: ที่อยู่ทางศาสนา (เช่น วัด	Turkish: avlu
Taiwanese: (修道院、教堂、學院等的)迴廊	Ukrainian: крита аркада	Urdu: خانقاہ میں رہنا ، گوشہ نش
Vietnamese: tu viện	Chinese: （修道院等的）回廊
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