kruisgang — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cloister noun A covered walkway bordering a courtyard, typically in a monastery or similar religious building.
Senses
kruisgang is used for these senses in English:
- cloister A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:
cloister — full definition
- noun A covered walkway bordering a courtyard, typically in a monastery or similar religious building.
- noun A monastery, convent, or similarly secluded religious place — or, more broadly, life lived in one.
- verb To shut someone away from the outside world, whether by choice or not.