A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
such an arcade in a monastery;
The monastic life.
such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
To become a Roman Catholic religious.
To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
To protect or isolate.
The area immediately surrounding a house, especially dooryard areas and sometimes including closely associated buildings and structures.