cloister

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Synonyms: closter, cloyster, cluster, blister, glister, loiter, coaster, canister, chorister, conster, roister

Antonyms: closter, cloyster, cluster, blister, glister, loiter, coaster, canister, chorister, conster, roister

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Noun

1. A [[covered]] [[walk]] with an open [[colonnade]] on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a [[quadrangle]]; especially:
2. A [[place]], especially a [[monastery]] or [[convent]], devoted to religious seclusion.
3. {{lb|en|figuratively}} The [[monastic]] life.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become a Roman Catholic [[religious]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[confine]] in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To deliberately [[withdraw]] from [[worldly]] things.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[provide]] with a cloister or cloisters.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[protect]] or [[isolate]].

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