Kreuzgang — meaning in English

English meaning

• cloister noun A covered walkway bordering a courtyard, typically in a monastery or similar religious building.

Senses

Kreuzgang 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 A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.

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.

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