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cloister noun

  /ˈklɔɪstə/ , /ˈklɔɪstɚ/
  • A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
  • A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
 cloître
  • (figuratively) The monastic life.
 (la vie des) cloîtres
cloister vault
voûte cloisonnée
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