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cloister
clois·ter C0414300 (kloi′stər)n.1. a. A quadrangle enclosed by an open colonnade and a covered walk.b. The covered walk enclosing such a quadrangle.2. a. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.b. Life in a monastery or convent.3. A secluded, quiet place.tr.v. clois·tered, clois·ter·ing, clois·ters 1. To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude.2. To furnish (a building) with a cloister.
[Middle English cloistre, from Old French, alteration (influenced by cloison, partition) of clostre, from Latin claustrum, enclosed place, from claudere, to close.]cloister (ˈklɔɪstə) n1. (Architecture) a covered walk, usually around a quadrangle in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade on the inside and a wall on the outside2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (sometimes plural) a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) life in a monastery or conventvb (tr) to confine or seclude in or as if in a monastery[C13: from Old French cloistre, from Medieval Latin claustrum monastic cell, from Latin: bolt, barrier, from claudere to close; influenced in form by Old French cloison partition] ˈcloister-ˌlike adjclois•ter (ˈklɔɪ stər)
n. 1. a covered walk, esp. in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usu. opening onto a courtyard. 2. a courtyard, esp. in a religious institution, bordered with such walks. 3. a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent. 4. any quiet, secluded place. 5. life in a monastery or convent. v.t. 6. to confine in a monastery or convent. 7. to confine in retirement; seclude. 8. to furnish with a cloister or covered walk. 9. to convert into a monastery or convent. [1250–1300; Middle English cloistre < Anglo-French, Old French, b. cloison partition (see cloisonné) and clostre < Latin claustrum barrier] cloister
Past participle: cloistered
Gerund: cloistering
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| cloister | | cloister |
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| I cloister | | you cloister | | he/she/it cloisters | | we cloister | | you cloister | | they cloister |
| Preterite |
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| I cloistered | | you cloistered | | he/she/it cloistered | | we cloistered | | you cloistered | | they cloistered |
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| I am cloistering | | you are cloistering | | he/she/it is cloistering | | we are cloistering | | you are cloistering | | they are cloistering |
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| I have cloistered | | you have cloistered | | he/she/it has cloistered | | we have cloistered | | you have cloistered | | they have cloistered |
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| I was cloistering | | you were cloistering | | he/she/it was cloistering | | we were cloistering | | you were cloistering | | they were cloistering |
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| I had cloistered | | you had cloistered | | he/she/it had cloistered | | we had cloistered | | you had cloistered | | they had cloistered |
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| I will cloister | | you will cloister | | he/she/it will cloister | | we will cloister | | you will cloister | | they will cloister |
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| I will have cloistered | | you will have cloistered | | he/she/it will have cloistered | | we will have cloistered | | you will have cloistered | | they will have cloistered |
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| I will be cloistering | | you will be cloistering | | he/she/it will be cloistering | | we will be cloistering | | you will be cloistering | | they will be cloistering |
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| I have been cloistering | | you have been cloistering | | he/she/it has been cloistering | | we have been cloistering | | you have been cloistering | | they have been cloistering |
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| I will have been cloistering | | you will have been cloistering | | he/she/it will have been cloistering | | we will have been cloistering | | you will have been cloistering | | they will have been cloistering |
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| I had been cloistering | | you had been cloistering | | he/she/it had been cloistering | | we had been cloistering | | you had been cloistering | | they had been cloistering |
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| I would cloister | | you would cloister | | he/she/it would cloister | | we would cloister | | you would cloister | | they would cloister |
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| I would have cloistered | | you would have cloistered | | he/she/it would have cloistered | | we would have cloistered | | you would have cloistered | | they would have cloistered |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  cloister - residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)religious residenceconvent - a religious residence especially for nunsmonastery - the residence of a religious communitypriory - religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioressresidence - the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence" | | 2. | cloister - a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)courtyard, court - an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" | | Verb | 1. | cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a gardenborder, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" | | 2. | cloister - surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden"border, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" | | 3. | cloister - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" |
cloisterverbTo put into solitude:seclude, sequester, sequestrate.Translationscloister (ˈkloistə) noun a covered walk forming part of a monastery, church or college. (修道院、教堂、學院等的)迴廊 （修道院等的）回廊 cloister
cloister, unroofed space forming part of a religious establishment and surrounded by the various buildings or by enclosing walls. Generally, it is provided on all sides with a vaulted passageway consisting of continuous colonnades or arcades opening onto a court. The cloister is a characteristic part of monastic institutions (see abbeyabbey,
monastic house, especially among Benedictines and Cistercians, consisting of not less than 12 monks or nuns ruled by an abbot or abbess. Many abbeys were originally self-supporting. In the Benedictine expansion after the 8th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ), serving both as sheltered access to the various units of the group and for the recreation of the monks. Cloisters became an important architectural form in the 11th cent., a period marked by active monastery building all over Europe. They were not limited to monastic houses, but were built in some English colleges, as at Oxford and Eton, and in some churches, mostly in England and Spain. In N France many of the original cloisters have disappeared, but superb Romanesque cloisters remain in S France, Italy and Sicily, and Spain. In the typical examples the arches are supported by delicate columns, generally coupled, the elaborate capitals of the paired columns sometimes being interlaced. The 13th-century cloisters of two Roman churches, St. John Lateran and St. Paul's outside the Walls, are notable Romanesque examples, distinguished by twin spiral columns inlaid with rich glass mosaics. Of the Gothic period, the English cloisters are especially fine, as at Salisbury, Wells, and Westminster Abbey. The Renaissance cloisters are confined chiefly to Italy and Spain. In the New World the Spanish colonists began in the 16th cent. to build simple cloisters, generally arcaded, in Mexico, Cuba, and California.CloisterA square court surrounded by an open arcade, a covered walk around a courtyard, or the whole courtyard.  cloisterA covered walk surrounding a court, usually linking a church to other buildings of a monastery.cloister1. a covered walk, usually around a quadrangle in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade on the inside and a wall on the outside 2. a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery cloister
Synonyms for cloisterverb to put into solitudeSynonyms- seclude
- sequester
- sequestrate
Synonyms for cloisternoun residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)SynonymsRelated Words- convent
- monastery
- priory
- residence
noun a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)Related Words- courtyard
- court
- faith
- religion
- religious belief
verb surround with a cloister, as of a gardenRelated Words- border
- environ
- surround
- skirt
- ring
verb surround with a cloisterRelated Words- border
- environ
- surround
- skirt
- ring
verb seclude from the world in or as if in a cloisterRelated Words |