cloister
noun
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
cloisters
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pluralof cloister.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof cloister (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
cloisternouna covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
Example Sentences
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Antoni Gaudí’s Basilica Sagrada Família contains familiar components of that style: a Latin Cross layout, Gothic arches, cloisters, representations of saints and apostles, rose windows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He had been described as "the songster of tennis lawns and cathedral cloisters".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2023
It offers contemporary art, scary medieval weapons and Gothic cloisters.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
The story is told with flair at STAM, the Ghent City Museum, whose very architecture — an amalgam of restored medieval cloisters and contemporary glass — reflects the modern city itself.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
He carried Robin in and out of halls and chambers, kitchen and parlor, cloisters and outer court; through refectory and almonry, stopping, as always, in the chapel to say a prayer.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
