The nuns went up to the cloister.
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Cloister
//ˈklɔɪstə//
Synonyms for "cloister" (154 found)
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Translations
83 translations across 28 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- манасти́р noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- покри́та арка́да noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Catalan
3 entries- claustre noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- clausura noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- clausura noun (monastic life)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 修道院 noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- 迴廊 /回廊 noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Czech
1 entries- klášter noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Danish
1 entries- kloster noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Dutch
4 entries- klooster noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- kloostergang noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- kloosterleven noun (monastic life)
- kruisgang noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Esperanto
4 entries- klostro noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- klostro noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- monaĥejo noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- monaĥiniĝi verb (become a Catholic religious)
Faroese
1 entries- kleystur noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Finnish
1 entries- luostari noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
French
3 entries- (la vie des) cloîtres noun (monastic life)
- cloître noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- cloître noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Galician
2 entries- caustra noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- claustro noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Georgian
1 entries- მონასტერი noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
German
4 entries- Chlooschter noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- Chrüüzgang noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- Klausur noun (monastic life)
- Kloster noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Greek
2 entries- μοναστήρι noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- περιστύλιο noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Hungarian
3 entries- kerengő noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- kolostor noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- zárda noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Italian
1 entries- chiostro noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Japanese
2 entries- 修道院 noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- 回廊 noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Old English
1 entries- mynsterclūse noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Persian
3 entries- صومعه noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- صومعگی noun (monastic life)
- مانستان noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Polish
4 entries- klasztor noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- klauzura noun (monastic life)
- krużganek noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- stać się religijnym katolikiem verb (become a Catholic religious)
Portuguese
4 entries- claustro noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- claustro noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- claustro noun (monastic life)
- clausura noun (monastic life)
Romanian
4 entries- arcadă noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- claustru noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- călugărie noun (monastic life)
- mănăstire noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Russian
4 entries- клуа́тр noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- кры́тая арка́да noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- кры́тая галере́я noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- монасты́рь noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- klaustar noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- klauzura noun (monastic life)
- manastir noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- monaštvo noun (monastic life)
Spanish
4 entries- claustro noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- claustro noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- enceldar verb ((''transitive''))
- enclaustrar verb ((''transitive''))
Swedish
2 entries- kloster noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- korsgång noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Turkish
4 entries- dergâh noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- halvethane noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
- kemer avlu noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- manastır noun (place devoted to religious seclusion)
Ukrainian
1 entries- клуа́тр noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
What's the difference between a cloister and a church?
Source: tatoeba (10485506)
Mr. Pye crossed the nave, and quitted the cathedral by the cloister door, followed by the choristers.
Source: tatoeba (11849957)
The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.
Source: wiktionary
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