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claustro — 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

claustro is used for these senses in English:

  • cloister (figuratively) The monastic life.

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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