Definizione monolingua

cloister

cloister (third-person singular simple present cloisters, present participle cloistering, simple past and past participle cloistered)

1. (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
2. (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
3. (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
4. (transitive) To provide with (a) cloister(s).

   The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it

5. (transitive) To protect or isolate.

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:
   1. such arcade in a monastery
   2. such arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christs Passion

Definizione dizionario cloister

	chiostro
	A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side
	Cortile chiuso, circondato da porticati, all'interno di conventi.

convento

monastero

Altri significati:

(transitive) To provide with (a) cloister(s).

(intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.

(intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.

cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

monastic life

A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.

place devoted to religious seclusion

(transitive) To protect or isolate.

A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:

(transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.

(figuratively) The monastic life