Word Meaning

cloister definition and meaning

v. t. An inclosed place.
v. t. A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
v. t. the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
v. t. A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

Crossword clues for cloister

- Convent or monastery
- Priory