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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 living quarters center around a cloister courtyard that is lined with dramatic arched colonnades and adorned with a stone wishing well.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 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 living quarters center around a cloister courtyard that is lined with dramatic arched colonnades and adorned with a stone wishing well.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloister
Noun
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Beyond those fragrant fillings was a rich history of the monastery dating to the 10th century.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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In 1924, a group of Dominican nuns founded the monastery.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Published in 1842, Poe’s story follows Prince Prospero, who retreats with a group of nobles into a fortified abbey as a deadly plague ravages the countryside.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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Connolly was the floral artistic director for the Prince and Princess of Wales' April 2011 wedding day and brought in six field maples, two hornbeams and almost 30,000 flowers to decorate the abbey.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Cloister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloister. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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