cloister
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There the nun discovers her own inner sleuth, and unexpectedly finds joy in life outside the cloister.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
A row of vaults seem to be supported by 14 superslim columns but are, in fact, suspended from the ceiling and give the room the sheltered quality of a cloister.
From New York Times • May 3, 2024
A chocolate kitchen, chocolate serving room, chocolate cloister and full chocolate staff are optional.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023
“But I know that one day God will provide those to us because of what we did in this cloister, in this house where we were hidden, for how much good we did for humanity.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022
But Aureliano himself seemed to prefer the cloister of solitude and he did not show the least desire to know the world that began at the street door of the house.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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