A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
Covered walk or arcade in monastery or large church.
A physical enclosure or place of restricted access, such as a monastery* or convent,* which normally encompasses the living quarters of priests and religious. The cloister is especially important for contemplative* communities, where separation from "the world" is an essential element of their vocations.
Continuous covered walkway, often surrounding small formal or herb garden, connecting monastic buildings and used by monks for meditative pacing.
part of the monastery, consisting of arches arranged around a central courtyard or a garden. Usually set aside for the religious.
residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
surround with a cloister, as of a garden
a courtyard garden inside a building
a covered walkway that surrounds a courtyard, and was central to monastic life in the European Middle Ages
Internal courtyard of a monastery or convent with a portico of slender columns supporting a roof and resting on a low wall.
An enclosed place in a convent or monastery that is only for members of that group. The term is sometimes used to describe a type of congregation by calling them “cloistered.
Cloister derives from the Latin clostrum= lock. It desscribed the part of a monastery to which the public had no access and then became used to describe a rectangular lawn surrounded by a covered walk Example 1 Example 2 Example 3
In Latin: clausus = closed place. A quadrangular courtyard surrounded by porticoes, generally in monasteries and churches.
a covered walkway in a monastery or church
Classically, a “closed space”, a place for meditation and reflection. For information about the Cathedral's Cloister, see the Cloister page.
(Lat. claustrum) - an inner courtyard or central square closed by the four sides of a monastery sometimes situated on the south side of a cathedral. The walkway, or ambulatory, is usually protected by a roof supported by columns.
covered arcaded walkway around an enclosed area which is usually lawned and called the Garth
Part of a convent or monastery reserved for use by members of the institute.
1 a : a monastic establishment b : an area within a monastery or convent to which the religious are normally restricted c : monastic life Source
An enclosed four sided space within a monastic building set aside for study and recreation. The central area is open to the sky and usually grassed over.
A court, usually with covered walks or ambulatories along its sides.
A covered walk usually around a quadrangle in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade on the inside and wall on the outside.
The rectangular covered area around an open space (garth) of a monastery or cathedral surrounded by covered walkways used for study and meditation. A photograph of the cloister at Lincoln Cathedral
In religious institutions, a courtyard with covered walks.