Bible Dictionaries
Cloister

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

(2):

(v. t.) An inclosed place.

(3):

(v. t.) the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.

(4):

(v. t.) A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;

(5):

(v. t.) A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cloister'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cloister.html. 1828.