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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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The monks vacated the property this past week, and the monastery was closed.—
John Mossman,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026
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It will be shown in the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Pianto, an octagonal church and monastery facing the Venetian lagoon.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Pilgrims are drawn to the ancient abbey to honor the legacy of Edward the Confessor, whose Shrine is at the heart of the abbey, and the Henry VII Lady Chapel is the burial site of 15 Kings and Queens, including Elizabeth I, Mary I and Mary Queen of Scots.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
23 Dec. 2025
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Before the church authorities moved the nuns into care almost two years ago, the local abbey and Archdiocese of Salzburg acquired the convent.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Cloister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloister. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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