cloître — meaning in English

English meaning

• cloister noun A covered walkway bordering a courtyard, typically in a monastery or similar religious building.
• enclosure noun An area surrounded by a fence, wall, or other barrier.

Senses

cloître is used for these senses in English:

• enclosure (uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
• enclosure (uncountable, by extension) The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.

cloister — full definition

1. noun A covered walkway bordering a courtyard, typically in a monastery or similar religious building.
2. noun A monastery, convent, or similarly secluded religious place — or, more broadly, life lived in one.
3. verb To shut someone away from the outside world, whether by choice or not.

enclosure — full definition

1. noun An area surrounded by a fence, wall, or other barrier.
2. noun Something included with a letter or document.

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