cloister

[US]/'klɒɪstə/

[UK]/'klɔɪstɚ/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral
vt. to seclude or isolate from the world

the cloister is of late twelfth century design.

a cloister is all that remains of the monastery.

a cloistered walkway bordered the courtyard.

She cloistered herself in the office.

he was inclined more to the cloister than the sword.

the monastery was where the Brothers would cloister themselves to meditate.

Nash did not live a cloistered existence nor was he spared the shocks that flesh is heir to.

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