CLOISTER

(noun) a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
The cloister was full of priests. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
synonyms : religious residence
He was sent to the cloister for several weeks. -added by naila_inlas
(verb) seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
"She cloistered herself in the office"
(verb) surround with a cloister
"cloister the garden"
The gardener cloistered the garden. -added by naila_inlas
(verb) surround with a cloister, as of a garden
The gardener cloistered the garden. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for cloister

(Tag: ) cloister....close+sister...where sisters (nuns) are getting closed or where sisters are resides.....
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(Tag: ) cloister-oister(oyster)..generally oysters are dome like structures, ehich resembles the monastries and convents that are genereally dome like..
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(Tag: ) Cloister = Closed structure
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(Tag: english) cloister reminds me about church's sister(teacher in christian schools). they live in convent or monastery
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(Tag: english) when u close some the person is confined
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(Tag: english) closed to outsiders----to close oneself narrowly
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