cloister

English Thesaurus

1. a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	court, courtyard,
definition	:	an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings (noun.artifact)

domain category	:	faith, religion, religious belief,
definition	:	a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny (noun.cognition)

2. residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	residence,
definition	:	the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	convent,
definition	:	a religious residence especially for nuns (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	monastery,
definition	:	the residence of a religious community (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	priory,
definition	:	religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress (noun.artifact)

3. seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister (verb.change)

hypernym	:	insulate, isolate,
definition	:	place or set apart (verb.change)

4. surround with a cloister (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	border, environ, ring, skirt, surround, border, environ, ring, skirt, surround,
definition	:	extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle (verb.contact)

5. a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cloister,
definition	:	surround with a cloister, as of a garden (verb.stative)

6. residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cloister,
definition	:	seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister (verb.change)

derivation	:	cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical,
definition	:	of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (adj.all)

7. seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister (verb.change)

derivation	:	cloister, religious residence,
definition	:	residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) (noun.artifact)

8. surround with a cloister, as of a garden (verb.stative)

derivation	:	cloister,
definition	:	a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) (noun.artifact)

9. a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cloister,
definition	:	surround with a cloister, as of a garden (verb.stative)

10. residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cloister,
definition	:	seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister (verb.change)

derivation	:	cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical,
definition	:	of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (adj.all)

11. seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister (verb.change)

derivation	:	cloister, religious residence,
definition	:	residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) (noun.artifact)

12. surround with a cloister, as of a garden (verb.stative)

derivation	:	cloister,
definition	:	a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) (noun.artifact)