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Meaning
Noun
●
A
covered
walk with
an
open
colonnade
on
one side
,
running along
the
walls
of
buildings
that
face
a
quadrangle
; especially:
such an
arcade
in a monastery;
such an
arcade
fitted
with
representations
of the
stages
of Christ's Passion.
●
A place, especially a
monastery
or
convent
,
devoted
to
religious
seclusion.
●
The
monastic
life.
Verb
●
To become a Roman Catholic religious.
●
To
confine
in a
cloister
,
voluntarily
or not.
●
To
deliberately
withdraw
from
worldly
things.
●
To provide with a
cloister
or
cloister
s.
●
To
protect
or isolate.
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