The nuns went up to the cloister.
Source: tatoeba (8851141)
Cloister
/ˈklɔɪstə/
Synonyms for "cloister" (167 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (50)
colonnadecommunicationconduitconfessionalconfessionaryconfineconnectionconstrainconventcoopcoop incoop upcorkcork upcorridorcovered waycrampcribcryptdefile
Related words (83)
hold in restraintholy of holieshouseimmureimpoundinhibitinletinterchangeintersectionivory towerjunctionkeepkeep inkeep in custodykeep in detentionlairlamaserylaneloggiamew
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mew upmonasterynavenunneryopeningoutletoverpasspasspassagepassagewaypenpen uppergolaperistyleporchporticopoundpresbyterypriorateprioryprivacyrailrail inrailroad tunnelrecessrestrainrestrictretreatrood loftrood stairrood towersacrariumsacristysanctumsanctum sanctorumseal upsecret placeshackleshut inshut upstraitentrajecttrajettransepttriforiumtunnelunderpassvestrywall in
Related word relations
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More general
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
10 entriescloister awaycloister gatecloister incloister oneselfcloister walkcloister wallcloistered courtyardcloistered lifecloistering oneselfmonastic cloister
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- покри́та арка́да noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Catalan
1 entries- claustre noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 迴廊 /回廊 noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Dutch
2 entries- kloostergang noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- kruisgang noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Esperanto
1 entries- klostro noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
French
1 entries- cloître noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Galician
2 entries- caustra noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- claustro noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
German
2 entries- Chrüüzgang noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- Kreuzgang noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Greek
1 entries- περιστύλιο noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Hungarian
1 entries- kerengő noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Italian
1 entries- chiostro noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Japanese
1 entries- 回廊 noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Polish
1 entries- krużganek noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Portuguese
1 entries- claustro noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Romanian
2 entries- arcadă noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- claustru noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Russian
3 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)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- klaustar noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- клаустар noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Spanish
3 entries- claustro noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
- enceldar verb ((''transitive''))
- enclaustrar verb ((''transitive''))
Swedish
1 entries- korsgång noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
Turkish
1 entries- kemer avlu noun (covered walk with an open colonnade)
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
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.