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klasztor — 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.
  • monastery noun A building or complex where monks live a communal religious life, often under vows.
  • nunnery noun A community of nuns, or the building where they live; a convent.
  • priory noun A religious house, such as a monastery or convent, headed by a prior or prioress.

Senses

klasztor is used for these senses in English:

  • cloister A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
  • monastery A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
  • nunnery (chiefly, _, Christianity) The residence of a female religious community, a monastery for nuns.
  • priory A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

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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