cloister
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verbclois·teredclois·ter·ing\-st(ə-)riŋ\
Definition of CLOISTER
transitive verb
1
: to seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister <a scientist who cloisters herself in a laboratory>
2
: to surround with a cloister <cloistered gardens>
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