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Kloster — 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.
  • convent noun A community of nuns or monks living together under religious vows, or the building where they live.
  • friary noun A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.
  • monastery noun A building or complex where monks live a communal religious life, often under vows.

Senses

Kloster is used for these senses in English:

  • cloister A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
  • convent (now, _, especially) Synonym of nunnery, a female religious community and its residence.
  • friary A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.
  • monastery A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.

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.

convent — full definition

  1. noun A community of nuns or monks living together under religious vows, or the building where they live.
  2. noun A school run by such a religious community.

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