clois‧ter /ˈklɔɪstə $ -ər/
noun [countable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: cloistre, from Latin claustrum 'bar keeping a door closed', from claudere 'to close']
1. [usually plural] a covered passage that surrounds one side of a square garden in a church,
monastery etc
2. a building where
monks or
nuns live
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