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cloister
noun
verb
a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
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noun
a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
noun
residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
verb
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
“She cloistered herself in the office”
verb
surround with a cloister
“cloister the garden”
verb
surround with a cloister, as of a garden
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She cloistered herself in the office
cloister the garden