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# cloister

noun (cloister, cloisters)

«cloister» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cloister is a covered walk with arches around an open square inside a church or monastery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloister/#m1)
2. (old use) A cloister is a place where monks or nuns live apart from the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloister/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, the quiet place where nuns or monks live and pray, shut away from ordinary life; «retired into the cloister» means went to live there

### Examples

- This was the cloister of the nuns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloister/#x1)
- The arched cloisters were covered with sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloister/#x2)
- He went into the cloister to pray and study. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloister/#x3)
- Some monks walked slowly round the cloister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloister/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cloister» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cloister/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cloister» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cloister.html) on Mova free.