Noun
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a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
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residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- religious residence
Verb
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seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
"She cloistered herself in the office"
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surround with a cloister
"cloister the garden"
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surround with a cloister, as of a garden