Cloister

klois'ter, n. a covered arcade forming part of a monastic or collegiate establishment a place of religious retirement, a monastery or nunnery. v.t. to confine in a cloister to confine within walls [O Fr. cloistre, Fr. clottrc (A S. — clauster)— L. claustrum claudo clausum, to close, to shut.] Clolsteral, klois'ter-al, Cloistral, klois'tral, old form ClaustT , klaws'tral, adj pertaining to or confined to a cloister secluded.