cloister
Example Sentences
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Even so, she didn’t live in a cloister.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 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
To communicate with volunteers and priests, the sisters normally spoke through a turn, a barrel-shaped revolving cabinet used to pass goods into the monastery without violating the cloister.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2023
He saw the sun on the frosted grass of the cloister.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
Vocabulary lists containing cloister
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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