cloister

Example Sentences

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There the nun discovers her own inner sleuth, and unexpectedly finds joy in life outside the cloister.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 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

All the homies at the cloister are going to be rocking these.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023

They should be able to move into a modular cloister of about 3,500 square feet on the donated land by year’s end, Pfaff said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2023

At this complicated moment the cloister door was opened for the second time, and the courteous page announced as impassively as ever: “IBs Majesty the King!”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White