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Recent Examples of cloister
Christian intellectuals increasingly accepted input from classical and contemporary non-Christian sources, particularly in emerging urban schools, which were beginning to replace monastic cloisters as centers of learning in Europe.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
Today, the ancient scriptorium is home to the abbey’s museum and open to visitors along with the monastery’s Renaissance-style basilica and main cloister.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The cloister lies just below the Hohensalzburg Palace which towers over Salzburg.
—Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Contributor, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
Today, the ancient scriptorium is home to the abbey’s museum and open to visitors along with the monastery’s Renaissance-style basilica and main cloister.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The cloister lies just below the Hohensalzburg Palace which towers over Salzburg.
—Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Contributor, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloister
Noun
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The Vatican has denied that Prevost permitted Ray to live at the monastery.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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In 2015, David and his wife made Texas their primary residence after retiring from their jobs at a Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, N.Y., where David was executive director for three years.—
Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Since then, he’s injected his flair into Venetian jewels like Abbazia San Gregorio, a former Benedictine abbey and the home of Diane von Furstenburg in Palazzo Brandolini-Giustinian.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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Using the abbey as an observation post with gun emplacements near its foundation and in the surrounding cliffs, the Germans command the narrow mountain passes of Route 6—the road to Rome.—
Catherine Musemeche,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Cloister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloister. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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