cloister
Example Sentences
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Even so, she didn’t live in a cloister.
It offers contemporary art, scary medieval weapons and Gothic cloisters.
From New York Times
To communicate with volunteers and priests, the sisters normally spoke through a turn, a barrel-shaped revolving cabinet used to pass goods into the monastery without violating the cloister.
From Seattle Times
Fourteen years later, Catholic women in Los Angeles raised funds to build the sisters a new cloister, chapel and office complex on the same site, designed by celebrated architect Wallace Neff.
From Los Angeles Times
After people were cloistered inside, glued to screens, McQueen witnessed an insatiable demand for a new paradigm based on an ancient model.
From Los Angeles Times
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