CLOISTER
\klˈɔ͡ɪstə], \klˈɔɪstə], \k_l_ˈɔɪ_s_t_ə]\
Definitions of CLOISTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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)
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seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"
By Princeton University
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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)
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seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An inclosed place.
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A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
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the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
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A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
By Oddity Software
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An inclosed place.
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A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
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the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
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A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
By Noah Webster.
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An inclosure; a place of religious retirement; a monastery or nunnery; an arched way or covered walk inside the walls of a church building or college.
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To confine in, or as in, a convent or place of retirement; seclude from the world.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A covered arcade forming part of a monastic or collegiate establishment: a place of religious retirement, a monastery or nunnery.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To seclude, as in a cloister.
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To provide with cloisters.
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A covered walk, as for monks; a monastery; ocnvent.
By James Champlin Fernald
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