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On their Instagram account, Rita, 82, can be seen rushing about the cloisters and dabbling in boxing lessons.
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Esme Nicholson, NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
Natural light, serene cloisters and Spanish gothic architectural flourishes characterize this memorial space, which is also home to an annual music festival, held annually during the summer solstice called the Garden of Memory.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Monasteries were dissolved, cloister vineyards broken up, and the bronze Horses of San Marco shipped to Paris.
—Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The elegant soirée was held on Thursday, June 26, in a closed cloister adjacent to the Madonna dell'Orto church.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 27 June 2025
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Esme Nicholson, NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
Natural light, serene cloisters and Spanish gothic architectural flourishes characterize this memorial space, which is also home to an annual music festival, held annually during the summer solstice called the Garden of Memory.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Monasteries were dissolved, cloister vineyards broken up, and the bronze Horses of San Marco shipped to Paris.
—Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The elegant soirée was held on Thursday, June 26, in a closed cloister adjacent to the Madonna dell'Orto church.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloister
Noun
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More than 400 intellectuals and students had demonstrated against the regime in a Capuchin monastery on the outskirts of Barcelona and were surrounded by police for two days.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Middle Ages really were an era when kings ruled in Christ’s name, when the popes of Rome commanded obedience from believers around Europe, and when monasteries played a crucial role in the shaping of values and education.—
Brett Whalen,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The waterfall was acquired by Mount Angel Abbey in 1908 and transferred to The Abbey Foundation of Oregon, a nonprofit that supports the abbey, in 2002, according to Amanda Staggenborg, the foundation’s communications director.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The abbey sits at the end of a steep road in the foothills of the Festungsberg, removed from the bustle of Salzburg's Old Town.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Cloister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloister. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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