cloister
cloister Lexical Profile
cloister Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other.
"The monks walked silently through the stone cloister on their way to evening prayer."
A monastery, convent, or other religious establishment where members live in seclusion from the outside world.
"She left her family estate at the age of twenty to enter a religious cloister."
A quiet, secluded, or sheltered place or way of life, especially one devoted to religious contemplation.
"After decades in politics, he sought the quiet cloister of a country cottage to write his memoirs."
• verb
To seclude, confine, or shelter someone away from the outside world, as if in a monastery or convent.
"The author chose to cloister himself in a remote cabin until the manuscript was finished."
• Rhymes for cloister
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French cloistre, from Medieval Latin claustrum ('an enclosure, monastery'), ultimately derived from the Latin verb claudere ('to close or shut').