cloister
Example Sentences
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Even so, she didn’t live in a cloister.
The Gothic arches in the creature's cell are from the vaulted arches of the cloisters at the University of Glasgow.
From BBC
A vast blaze has torn through the historic Bernaga Monastery in northern Italy, the Italian fire service said Sunday, forcing the evacuation of 22 cloistered nuns.
From Barron's
In the intervening years, Anderson, who is 95, has plumbed the cloistered world of clock collectors.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet his work has never stayed cloistered within academia.
From Salon
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