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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈklɔɪstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɔɪstɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-cloister.ogg , en-au-cloister.ogg Forms: cloisters [plural]
enPR: kloiʹstər [US] Rhymes: -ɔɪstə(ɹ) Etymology: Recorded since about 1300 as Middle English cloistre, borrowed from Old French cloistre, clostre, or via Old English clauster, both from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”), a derivation of the past participle of claudere (“to close”). Doublet of claustrum. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kleh₂w-|*-trom}}, {{inh|en|enm|cloistre}} Middle English cloistre, {{der|en|fro|cloistre}} Old French cloistre, {{der|en|ang|clauster}} Old English clauster, {{der|en|ML.|claustrum||portion of monastery closed off to laity}} Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), {{der|en|la|claustrum||place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure}} Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”), {{doublet|en|claustrum}} Doublet of claustrum Head templates: {{en-noun}} cloister (plural cloisters)
  1. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
    such an arcade in a monastery;
    Categories (topical): Architecture, Monasticism
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  2. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
    such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
    Categories (topical): Architecture, Monasticism
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  3. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion. Translations (place devoted to religious seclusion): манасти́р (manastír) [masculine] (Bulgarian), clausura [feminine] (Catalan), 修道院 (xiūdàoyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), klášter [masculine] (Czech), kloster [common-gender] (Danish), klooster [neuter] (Dutch), klostro (Esperanto), monaĥejo (Esperanto), kleystur [neuter] (Faroese), luostari (Finnish), cloître [masculine] (French), მონასტერი (monasṭeri) (Georgian), Kloster [neuter] (German), Chlooschter [Alemannic-German, neuter] (German), μοναστήρι (monastíri) [neuter] (Greek), kolostor (Hungarian), zárda (Hungarian), 修道院 (shūdōin) (alt: しゅうどういん) (Japanese), klasztor [masculine] (Polish), claustro (Portuguese), mănăstire [feminine] (Romanian), монасты́рь (monastýrʹ) [masculine] (Russian), манастир [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), самостан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), manastir [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), samostan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), claustro [masculine] (Spanish), kloster (Swedish), halvethane (Turkish), dergâh (Turkish), tekke (Turkish), manastır (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cloister-en-noun-BlBg7IGs Disambiguation of 'place devoted to religious seclusion': 6 6 86 1
  4. (figuratively) The monastic life. Tags: figuratively Translations (monastic life): clausura [feminine] (Catalan), kloosterleven [neuter] (Dutch), (la vie des) cloîtres (French), Klosterleben [neuter] (German), Klausur [feminine] (German), klauzura [feminine] (Polish), claustro [masculine] (Portuguese), clausura [feminine] (Portuguese), călugărie [feminine] (Romanian), sihăstrie [feminine] (Romanian), monaštvo (Serbo-Croatian), klauzura (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-cloister-en-noun-AaXWOStu Disambiguation of 'monastic life': 2 2 3 93
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Synonyms: cloistre [obsolete] Related terms: claustrum, claustral, claustrophobia Translations (covered walk with an open colonnade): покри́та арка́да (pokríta arkáda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), claustre [masculine] (Catalan), 迴廊 (Chinese Mandarin), 回廊 (huíláng) (Chinese Mandarin), kloostergang (Dutch), kruisgang (Dutch), klostro (Esperanto), cloître [masculine] (French), claustro [masculine] (Galician), caustra [archaic, feminine] (Galician), Kreuzgang [masculine] (German), Chrüüzgang [Alemannic-German, masculine] (German), περιστύλιο (peristýlio) [neuter] (Greek), kerengő (Hungarian), chiostro (Italian), 回廊 (kairō) (alt: かいろう) (Japanese), krużganek [masculine] (Polish), claustro [masculine] (Portuguese), claustru [neuter] (Romanian), arcadă [feminine] (Romanian), клуа́тр (kluátr) [masculine] (Russian), кры́тая галере́я (krýtaja galeréja) [feminine] (Russian), кры́тая арка́да (krýtaja arkáda) [feminine] (Russian), клаустар [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), klaustar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), claustro [masculine] (Spanish), korsgång (Swedish), kemer avlu (Turkish), клуа́тр (kluátr) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Derived forms: cloisterer, cloisteress, cloisterism, cloisterless, cloisterlike, cloisterly, cloister vault, cloistral, cloistress, encloister, incloister Disambiguation of 'covered walk with an open colonnade': 48 48 3 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈklɔɪstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɔɪstɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-cloister.ogg , en-au-cloister.ogg Forms: cloisters [present, singular, third-person], cloistering [participle, present], cloistered [participle, past], cloistered [past]
enPR: kloiʹstər [US] Rhymes: -ɔɪstə(ɹ) Etymology: Recorded since about 1300 as Middle English cloistre, borrowed from Old French cloistre, clostre, or via Old English clauster, both from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”), a derivation of the past participle of claudere (“to close”). Doublet of claustrum. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kleh₂w-|*-trom}}, {{inh|en|enm|cloistre}} Middle English cloistre, {{der|en|fro|cloistre}} Old French cloistre, {{der|en|ang|clauster}} Old English clauster, {{der|en|ML.|claustrum||portion of monastery closed off to laity}} Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), {{der|en|la|claustrum||place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure}} Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”), {{doublet|en|claustrum}} Doublet of claustrum Head templates: {{en-verb}} cloister (third-person singular simple present cloisters, present participle cloistering, simple past and past participle cloistered)
  1. (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Architecture, Monasticism, Places of worship Synonyms (become a Catholic religious): enter religion Translations (become a Catholic religious): in het klooster treden (Dutch), monaĥiĝi (Esperanto), monaĥiniĝi (Esperanto), claustra (Romanian)
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  2. (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Architecture
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  3. (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things. Tags: intransitive
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  4. (transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cloister-en-verb-dezWs51u
  5. (transitive) To protect or isolate. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cloister-en-verb-h0ELB9vF
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Synonyms: cloistre [obsolete] Derived forms: cloistered, uncloister Related terms: claustration, abbey, hermitage, monastery, nunnery

Noun [Middle English]

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  1. Alternative form of cloistre Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cloistre
    Sense id: en-cloister-enm-noun-P6iBUJtc Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "修道院"
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
          "word": "klostro"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
          "word": "luostari"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "roman": "monasṭeri",
          "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
          "word": "მონასტერი"
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          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Kloster"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Chlooschter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "monastíri",
          "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "μοναστήρι"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
          "word": "kolostor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
          "word": "zárda"
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          "alt": "しゅうどういん",
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          "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
          "word": "修道院"
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          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
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          ],
          "word": "klasztor"
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            "feminine"
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "6 6 86 1",
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      "_dis1": "48 48 3 1",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "krużganek"
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      "word": "claustro"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "covered walk with an open colonnade",
      "word": "korsgång"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "covered walk with an open colonnade",
      "word": "kemer avlu"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "clausura"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiūdàoyuàn",
      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
      "word": "修道院"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "klášter"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "kloster"
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      "word": "klooster"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
      "word": "luostari"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cloître"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "monasṭeri",
      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
      "word": "მონასტერი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
      "word": "zárda"
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      "alt": "しゅうどういん",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shūdōin",
      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
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      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
      "word": "claustro"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "place devoted to religious seclusion",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "clausura"
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      "sense": "monastic life",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "monastic life",
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      "code": "de",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1983 April 9, “Beacon Hill: Mt Vernon St. (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:",
          "text": "Unique condo cloistered on top of hill.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To protect or isolate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ],
        [
          "isolate",
          "isolate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To protect or isolate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɔɪstə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kloiʹstər",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɔɪstɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-cloister.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/En-us-cloister.ogg/En-us-cloister.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/En-us-cloister.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-cloister.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/En-au-cloister.ogg/En-au-cloister.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/En-au-cloister.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɪstə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "become a Catholic religious",
      "word": "enter religion"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "cloistre"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "become a Catholic religious",
      "word": "in het klooster treden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "become a Catholic religious",
      "word": "monaĥiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "become a Catholic religious",
      "word": "monaĥiniĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "become a Catholic religious",
      "word": "claustra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cloister"
}

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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "cloister",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "cloistre"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of cloistre"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cloistre",
          "cloistre#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "cloister"
}

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