Definitions:

1. residence that is a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery, featuring a courtyard with covered walks noun
   • My grandparents like to visit European cloisters.
2. to seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister verb
   • I cloistered myself in the office.
3. to surround with a building or protection, as of a garden in a cloister verb
   • We cloistered the holy site.

Synonyms:

• religious residence

NearBy Words:

• cloistered