Noun
- 1. religious residence, cloister, residence
- usage: residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
- 2. cloister, court, courtyard
- usage: a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
Verb
- 1. cloister, surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
- usage: surround with a cloister, as of a garden
- 2. cloister, surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
- usage: surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden"
- 3. cloister, isolate, insulate
- usage: seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"
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