cloister

Example Sentences

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Even so, she didn’t live in a cloister.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

The centre is described as a series of red brick "pavilions" housing care and social spaces, stitched together by a central timber "cloister".

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

To communicate with volunteers and priests, the sisters normally spoke through a turn, a barrel-shaped revolving cabinet used to pass goods into the monastery without violating the cloister.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2023

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — In 1964, hoping to erase its image as a privileged cloister for white rich families, Wesleyan University contacted 400 Black high school students from around the country to persuade them to apply.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2023

We turned off the cloister and ran down a long hallway.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz