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Word entry · 8 letters

cloister

Best crossword clue

"Monastery walkway"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈklɔɪstə/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceilorstStarts with CEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister

Word origin

Recorded since about 1300 as Middle English cloistre, borrowed from Old French cloistre, clostre, or via Old English clauster, both from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”), a derivation of the past participle of claudere (“to close”). Doublet of claustrum.

Used in a sentence

  • The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.
  • Unique condo cloistered on top of hill.

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