cloister

1. v. t. An inclosed place. Source: opted

2. v. t. A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court; Source: opted

3. v. t. the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college. Source: opted

4. v. t. A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties. Source: opted

5. v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure. Source: opted

6. n. residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) Source: wordnet

7. n. a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) Source: wordnet

8. v. surround with a cloister, as of a garden Source: wordnet

9. v. surround with a cloister Source: wordnet

10. v. seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister Source: wordnet

11. To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world;to immure.None among them are throught worthy to be styled religious personsbut those that cloister themselves up in a monastery. Sharp. Source: adambom

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