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cloister

[kloi-ster] / ˈklɔɪ stər /


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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

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — In 1964, hoping to erase its image as a privileged cloister for white rich families, Wesleyan University contacted 400 Black high school students from around the country to persuade them to apply.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2023

Hallway, staircase, cloister, hallway, stair—I was getting dizzy and fearfully afraid that I was lost.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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