Cloister

What do we mean by cloister?

A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle. noun

A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion. noun

Life in a monastery or convent. noun

A secluded, quiet place. noun

To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude. transitive verb

To furnish (a building) with a cloister. transitive verb

An inclosure. noun

An arched way or a covered walk running round the walls of certain portions of monastic and collegiate buildings. noun

Hence A place of religious retirement; a monastery; a convent; a nunnery; a religious house. noun

Any arcade or colonnade round an open court. noun

To confine in a cloister or convent.

To shut up; confine closely within walls; immure; shut up in retirement from the world.

An inclosed place. noun

A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court noun

A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties. noun

The garden or open part of a court inclosed by the cloisters. noun

To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure. transitive verb

A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially: noun

A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion. noun

A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:

A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.

The monastic life.

Words that are spelled similarly to cloister:
cloister, closter, cluster, blister, coaster, loiter, lobster, closer, canister, roister, lister, leister, conster, coster, clotter, glister, chorister, moister, christer, clyster, kloster, clitter, cloisters, plaister, hoister, klister, foister, gloster, klooster, alister, cloisterer, uncloister, cleistes, callister, allister, camister, clouser, encloister, glaister, clouter, doister, incloister, croiser, glouster, slaister, loster, glogster.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word cloister:
refectory, sacristy, hearth, cistercian, dormitory, frescoes, garth, monastery, vaulted, monastic, infirmary, transept, augustinian, convent, romanesque, arches, fresco, quadrangle, abbey, courtyard, priory, nave, franciscan, vault, doorway, capitals, benedictine, basilica, gothic, monasteries, nun, ade, chapel, enclosure, cathedral, portal, baroque, columns, arched, chapter, arcade, decorated, staircase, abbot, rectangular, decoration, garden, renaissance, kitchen, marble, ceiling, porch, adjoining, fountain, westminster, rebuilt, choir, demolished, facade, foundations, inn, depicting, altar, enclosed, church, walls, tomb, buildings, maria, medieval, preserved, arch, dominican, ruins, entrance, monk, dining, surrounded, virgin, lay, carved, wall, quarters, renovated, santa, inscription, florence, restoration, gallery, rooms, saint, century, reconstruction, dates, prayer, windows, tower, monument, painted, floor.

Words that rhyme with cloister:
oyster, roister, hoister, foister, royster, pearl oyster, window oyster, windowpane oyster, vegetable oyster, japanese oyster, seed oyster, virginia oyster, saddle oyster, foist her, hoist her, rejoiced her, voiced her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe cloister:
great, old, small, little, gothic, beautiful, century, east, large, south, monastic, north, ancient, medieval, quiet, upper, romanesque, second, west, main, franciscan, open, former, augustinian, dominican, benedictine, fine, eastern, inner, western, lower, ruined, outer, covered, academic, adjoining, lovely, northern, infirmary, square, double, famous, studious, english, dark, charming, christian, cistercian, arched, spacious, peaceful, shady, adjacent, spanish, magnificent, arcaded, principal, strict, perfect, smaller, deserted, pillared, vast, frequent, italian, circular, sweet, quadrangular, vaulted, cold, carmelite, neighbouring, southern, cool, silent, holy, green, buddhist, gloomy, exquisite, secluded, tiny, rectangular, elegant, lesser, nearby, grand.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective cloister:
schools, gate, walk, court, scheme, seven, vault, church, congregations, gardens.

Consonant match to cloister:
cluster, kloster, close to, klooster, class t, classed a, classed her, close t.

Words that sound like cloister:
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