as in monastery
a residence for men under religious vows monks living in a cloister in the country

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Recent Examples of cloister The church of St Francis is also worth visiting for the peaceful cloister with graceful Gothic arches and creeping greenery. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 With stone walls, vaulted ceilings, and Renaissance cloister, Parador is a prime example of Gothic architecture. Carlsen Jes, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2025 The latter was particularly restorative, as was the Negroni No. 2 at Le Bar, in the cloister, which adds beets and strawberries to the classic recipe. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025 When the breeze flows through the cloisters, the kites float, showing off their gravity-defying nature. Diana Budds, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cloister
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Noun
  • Jeff Bezos was set to celebrate his lavish wedding to Lauren Sánchez at the Fondazione Cini, a cultural institution on the island which occupies a large part of a Benedictine monastery established there in 982 A.D.
    Max Norman, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
  • But other outlets, including CNN and The Hollywood Reporter, report that the couple may get married on the private island of San Giorgio Maggiore, specifically in a monastery there.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The caverns were later incorporated into a 13th-century Benedictine abbey, destroyed during the French Revolution but still visible in the architecture of the lower levels.
    Rachel King, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • The nuns of the abbey, for instance, were drawn from the richest and most powerful families in the city.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 29 May 2025

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“Cloister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloister. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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