CLOISTER
Scrabble letter values: C3L1O1I1S1T1E1R1 = 10
Definition
- noun residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery). — synonyms: religious_residence
- noun a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions).
- verb surround with a cloister, as of a garden.
- verb surround with a cloister.
- verb seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister.
Examples
- “cloister the garden”
- “She cloistered herself in the office”
- “The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.”