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Meanings of cloister in English
Spanish
cloister 
Portuguese
claustro Catalan
residència religiosa Usage of cloister in English
1
They are gone forever; one in the grave, one in a cloister.
2
The substitution of itineracy for the seclusion of the cloister; and 2.
3
The door in the cloister opened and the Duke crossed the garden.
4
The monks buried him in a shady place in their cloister garden.
5
Hence the forewarning and the flight, the cloister and the yellow robes.
6
The life of the cloister is far from the meanness of life.
7
The south transept formed part of the eastern side of the cloister.
8
At the south-east angle of the cloister is the Chantry of St.
9
Two years had passed since that Christmas-eve in the cloister of Pfalzel.
10
It dominates the court, and yet it fits perfectly into the cloister.
11
His duties in the cloister left him little time for learned studies.
12
It were a sin, a grave sin, in a newly-made novice, cloister-bred.
13
And soon she saw him skirting the remains of the old cloister.
14
She rang the bell of the cloister gate and asked for food.
15
The good prior then went to the church, through the great cloister.
16
He walked to the window and gazed out on the cloister-like veranda.
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Cloister across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common