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Uncommoncloister
The correct spelling is cloister.
How to pronounce cloister
/ˈklɔɪstə/
nounIPA: /ˈklɔɪstə/
Say it like: Clo-yst-er
The correct spelling is cloister. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially: For example: "The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it."
Usage Examples
“The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
- 2.A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
- 3.The monastic life.
verb
- 1.To become a Roman Catholic religious.
- 2.To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
- 3.To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
- 4.To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
- 5.To protect or isolate.
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