cloister
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Even so, she didn’t live in a cloister.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
A row of vaults seem to be supported by 14 superslim columns but are, in fact, suspended from the ceiling and give the room the sheltered quality of a cloister.
From New York Times • May 3, 2024
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
“But I know that one day God will provide those to us because of what we did in this cloister, in this house where we were hidden, for how much good we did for humanity.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022
He squinted past the bare trees in the cloister garden, trying to penetrate the shadows of the columns where we stood.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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