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cloister

[kloi-ster] / ˈklɔɪ stər /


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Local Catholic women raised funds to build the nuns a new cloister, chapel and office complex on site in 1948, the buildings designed by celebrated architect Wallace Neff.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Even so, she didn’t live in a cloister.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

A chocolate kitchen, chocolate serving room, chocolate cloister and full chocolate staff are optional.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023

He also shoveled snow, pruned the courtyard garden and made minor repairs in the cloister, according to his wife, Christina Carroll, who held his funeral at the monastery.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2023

He squinted past the bare trees in the cloister garden, trying to penetrate the shadows of the columns where we stood.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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