Cloister
noun
A covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a courtyard on the other.
She walked in the cloister, taking solace in the quiet solitude.
Often appears as...
- monastery cloister
- cathedral cloister
noun
In general, a place where you can lead a quiet, peaceful and isolated life, as in a monastery.
He left the city to live a simple life in the cloister.
Often appears as...
- quiet cloister
- peaceful cloister
verb
To keep away from the outside world; to isolate or seclude.
She decided to cloister herself away in her room until she had finished her novel.
Often appears as...
- cloister away
- cloister oneself
noun
A covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a courtyard on the other.
She walked in the cloister, taking solace in the quiet solitude.
Often appears as...
- monastery cloister
- cathedral cloister
noun
In general, a place where you can lead a quiet, peaceful and isolated life, as in a monastery.
He left the city to live a simple life in the cloister.
Often appears as...
- quiet cloister
- peaceful cloister
verb
To keep away from the outside world; to isolate or seclude.
She decided to cloister herself away in her room until she had finished her novel.
Often appears as...
- cloister away
- cloister oneself
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Architectural Term
Used to describe specific structures in religious or academic buildings related to architecture.
Visitors admired the ancient cloister connecting the library to the chapel.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
A cloister dates back to medieval times; understanding this can help visualize the setting.
The medieval cloister was a silent witness to countless contemplative walks.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Recognize cloisters as peaceful spaces for reflection, often associated with history and culture.
The monks gathered in the cloister for their daily meditation.
Pro Tip 1/3Architectural Term
Used to describe specific structures in religious or academic buildings related to architecture.
Visitors admired the ancient cloister connecting the library to the chapel.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
A cloister dates back to medieval times; understanding this can help visualize the setting.
The medieval cloister was a silent witness to countless contemplative walks.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Recognize cloisters as peaceful spaces for reflection, often associated with history and culture.
The monks gathered in the cloister for their daily meditation.
Pro Tip 1/3Architectural Term
Used to describe specific structures in religious or academic buildings related to architecture.
Visitors admired the ancient cloister connecting the library to the chapel.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
A cloister dates back to medieval times; understanding this can help visualize the setting.
The medieval cloister was a silent witness to countless contemplative walks.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
Recognize cloisters as peaceful spaces for reflection, often associated with history and culture.
The monks gathered in the cloister for their daily meditation.
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Liz Diller: A giant...
It's hulking, it's silent, it's cloistered, it's arrogant, it's a design challenge. Architects love to hate it. One redeeming feature is it's lifted up off the ground and it's got this void, and it's got an empty core kind of in the spirit and that facade
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A giant bubble for...
it's hulking its silent its cloistered its arrogant it's a design challenge architects love to hate it a one redeeming feature is its lifted up off the ground and it's got this void and it's God an empty core kind of in the
Video examples
Liz Diller: A giant...
It's hulking, it's silent, it's cloistered, it's arrogant, it's a design challenge. Architects love to hate it. One redeeming feature is it's lifted up off the ground and it's got this void, and it's got an empty core kind of in the spirit and that facade
Video examples
A giant bubble for...
it's hulking its silent its cloistered its arrogant it's a design challenge architects love to hate it a one redeeming feature is its lifted up off the ground and it's got this void and it's God an empty core kind of in the
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Quote examples
Rae Carson
American Writer
I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
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Chelsea Clinton
American Celebrity
I've always been aware of both how extraordinarily normal and how extraordinarily extraordinary my life has been. It's always been important, first to my parents when I was younger, and now very much to me, to live in the world. I would never want to live in a cloister.
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Vince Cable
British Politician
My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered 'old college' environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls.
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Mary Garden
Scottish Musician
Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their being kept out of view from others, cloistered in separate buildings and sheltered from the evil material world.
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Kim Edwards
American Author
After 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of cloister myself away from the world again and sink into that psychic space to write again.
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Melissa Leo
American Actress
As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of time to think.
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Neil Turok
South African Physicist
Scientists cloister themselves away from the rest of society, happy just to receive their next grant. They lose their connection to a purpose.
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John Ridley
American Director
I understand politicos gotta make bank. But cloistering with the Hollywood elite is not how you prove you're a man of the people.
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Jewel
American Musician
There are a lot of things about fame that are not conducive to being curious. It's been important for me to cloister myself off.
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Abbe Pierre
French Clergyman
Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.
Quote examples
Rae Carson
American Writer
I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
Quote examples
Chelsea Clinton
American Celebrity
I've always been aware of both how extraordinarily normal and how extraordinarily extraordinary my life has been. It's always been important, first to my parents when I was younger, and now very much to me, to live in the world. I would never want to live in a cloister.
Quote examples
Vince Cable
British Politician
My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered 'old college' environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls.
Quote examples
Mary Garden
Scottish Musician
Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their being kept out of view from others, cloistered in separate buildings and sheltered from the evil material world.
Quote examples
Kim Edwards
American Author
After 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of cloister myself away from the world again and sink into that psychic space to write again.
Quote examples
Melissa Leo
American Actress
As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of time to think.
Quote examples
Neil Turok
South African Physicist
Scientists cloister themselves away from the rest of society, happy just to receive their next grant. They lose their connection to a purpose.
Quote examples
John Ridley
American Director
I understand politicos gotta make bank. But cloistering with the Hollywood elite is not how you prove you're a man of the people.
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Jewel
American Musician
There are a lot of things about fame that are not conducive to being curious. It's been important for me to cloister myself off.
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Abbe Pierre
French Clergyman
Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.
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