cloister
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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
He also shoveled snow, pruned the courtyard garden and made minor repairs in the cloister, according to his wife, Christina Carroll, who held his funeral at the monastery.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2023
Between the glowing columns of the cloister is the cool darkness that only churches have, and I stand there and wonder whether, when I am twenty, I shall have experienced the bewildering emotions of love.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Vocabulary lists containing cloister
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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