cloister

Etymology
Recorded since about 1300 as, borrowed from , , or via , both from , from , a derivation of the past participle of. .

Noun

 * 1) A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
 * 2) such an arcade in a monastery;
 * 3) such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
 * 4) A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
 * 5)  The monastic life.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: покри́та арка́да
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: klostro
 * French:
 * Galician:, caustra
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Chrüüzgang
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: claustru,
 * Russian:, кры́тая галере́я, кры́тая арка́да
 * Serbo-Croatian: клаустар,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: kemer avlu
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: clausura
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: klostro, monaĥejo
 * Faroese: kleystur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: მონასტერი
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Chlooschter
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: манастир, самостан
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, , ,


 * Catalan: clausura
 * Dutch:
 * French: (la vie des) cloîtres
 * German: Klosterleben,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,


 * Italian:
 * Korean:

Verb

 * 1)  To become a Roman Catholic religious.
 * 2)  To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
 * 3)  To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
 * 4)  To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
 * 5)  To protect or isolate.
 * 1)  To protect or isolate.

Synonyms

 * (become a Catholic religious) enter religion

Translations

 * Dutch: in het klooster treden
 * Esperanto: monaĥiĝi, monaĥiniĝi
 * Romanian: