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cloister

[kloi-ster] / ˈklɔɪ stər /


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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

A chocolate kitchen, chocolate serving room, chocolate cloister and full chocolate staff are optional.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 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

An enormous eagle-owl who was sometimes used as a decoy, but who was at present standing on a perch in the shade of the cloister, opened his eyes when the bells rang.

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




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