cloister
To become a Roman Catholic religiousTo become a Roman Catholic religious.
» The nuns went up to the cloister.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To become a Roman Catholic religious.
(transitive)To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
surround with a cloister
(intransitive)To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
(transitive)To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
(transitive)To protect or isolate.
Examples
5 sentencesThe nuns went up to the cloister.
What's the difference between a cloister and a church?
I'm not cloistering them.
Indeed monasticism was becoming popular, and the Merovingian period witnessed the foundation of numberless cloisters.
Mr. Pye crossed the nave, and quitted the cathedral by the cloister door, followed by the choristers.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Recorded since about 1300 as Middle English cloistre, borrowed from Old French cloistre, cRecorded 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.
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Forms
cloisters, cloistering, cloistered, cloistered| Base form | cloister · to cloister |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cloisters |
| Present participle | cloistering |
| Past simple | cloistered |
| Past participle | cloistered |
irregular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle