cloister

Everyday

1. A cloister is a covered walk with arches around an open square inside a church or monastery. tree →
2. (old use) A cloister is a place where monks or nuns live apart from the world. tree →

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 →
• The arched cloisters were covered with sand. tree →
• He went into the cloister to pray and study. tree →
• Some monks walked slowly round the cloister. tree →

Note

nothing for maths