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“cloisters”
1. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle: "The royal family lived for generations in a cloister and enjoyed their enclosed gardens that are surrounded by covered walkways."
2. A place; especially, a monastery or a convent that is devoted to religious seclusion: "She spent most of her life in a cloister as a nun."
2. A place; especially, a monastery or a convent that is devoted to religious seclusion: "She spent most of her life in a cloister as a nun."
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clud-, claud-, claus-, clos-, -clude, -clois, -cluding, -cluded, -clus, -clusion, -clusive
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cloister (verb), cloisters; cloistered; cloistering
1. To surround with a cloister, as of a garden: "The family moved to a new residence that was cloistered with beautiful gardens."
2. To seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister: "Just about every working day, she was cloistering herself in her office because she had so much work to do."
2. To seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister: "Just about every working day, she was cloistering herself in her office because she had so much work to do."
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clud-, claud-, claus-, clos-, -clude, -clois, -cluding, -cluded, -clus, -clusion, -clusive
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