English English Dictionary
Result for Cloister
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.