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What is the noun for cloister?

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cloister
  1. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
    1. such arcade in a monastery;
    2. such arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
  2. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
  3. (figuratively) The monastic life.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. abbey, priory, monastery, convent, nunnery, coenobium, coenoby, friary, hermitage, house, charterhouse, retreat, cell, lamasery, sanctuary, religious house, religious community, chapter house, religious foundation, beguinage, ashram, school, vihara, tekke, cenoby, cenobium, temple, ministry, building, brotherhood, fraternity, community, shrine, bhumi, sacred space, gallery, walkway, portico, arcade, loggia, stoa, corridor, aisle, colonnade, ambulatory, covered walk, passage, passageway, pergola, hallway … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Often the cloister was the only refuge for women who wanted to pursue learning and be active in scholarly life.”
      “The students enjoyed strolling through the peaceful cloister on their way to class.”
cloisterer
  1. One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. monk, brother, friar, religious, contemplative, novice, oblate, postulant, abbot, Benedictine, Carthusian, cenobite, Cistercian, Cluniac, Culdee, lama, marabout, monastic, prior, talapoin, anchorite, ascetic, eremite, hermit, mendicant, priest, recluse, religieux, religioner, solitary, Black Monk, White Monk, holy man, male member of a religious order, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustine, Franciscan, Minorite, Servite, Augustinian, Capuchin, frater, Black Friar, White Friar, Friar Minor, Crutched Friar, Grey Friar, Austin Friar, frater or father … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I would to God, this were only the private misdevotion of some superstitious old wife, or some idle and silly cloisterer.”
cloistre
  1. Obsolete form of cloister.
cloisterers
  1. plural of cloisterer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. monks, brothers, friars, religious, contemplatives, novices, oblates, postulants, abbots, Benedictines, Carthusians, cenobites, Cistercians, Cluniacs, Culdees, lamas, marabouts, monastics, priors, talapoins, anchorites, ascetics, eremites, hermits, mendicants, priests, recluses, religieux, religioners, solitary, Black Monks, Servites, Dominicans, Carmelites, Minorites, White Friars, Franciscans, fraters, Augustinians, santons, stylites, anchoresses, nuns, isolates, troglodytes, outsiders, pillarists, hikikomori, Sufis, munis … more
cloisters
  1. plural of cloister
  2. Synonyms:
      3. abbeys, priories, monasteries, convents, nunneries, coenobiums, friaries, hermitages, houses, charterhouses, retreats, cells, lamaseries, sanctuaries, chapter houses, beguinages, ashrams, schools, viharas, tekkes, ministries, cenobiums, temples, brotherhood, fraternity, community, buildings, shrines, bhumis, galleries, walkways, porticos, arcades, loggias, stoas, corridors, aisles, colonnades, ambulatories, passages, passageways, peristyles, hallways, pergolas, archways, entrance, doorways, arches, entranceways, gangways … more
cloistres
  1. plural of cloistre
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