"cloisters" in the noun sense
1. religious residence, cloister
residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
2. cloister
a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
"cloisters" in the verb sense
1. cloister
surround with a cloister, as of a garden
2. cloister
surround with a cloister
"cloister the garden"
3. cloister
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
"She cloistered herself in the office"
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