cloisters

noun

a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)

residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

verb

seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister

surround with a cloister

surround with a cloister, as of a garden

Roots

claudoclois- · Latin · to close, shut

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