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cloister
(mass) | cloister
- kláštor |
cloister
(encz) | cloister,klášter n: Zdeněk Brož |
cloister
(encz) | cloister,křížová chodba n: Petr Písař |
Cloister
(gcide) | Cloister \Clois"ter\, n. [OF. cloistre, F. clo[^i]tre, L.
claustrum, pl. claustra, bar, bolt, bounds, fr. claudere,
clausum, to close. See Close, v. t., and cf. Claustral.]
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1. An inclosed place. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
(pl.) the series of such passages on the different sides
of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
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But let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloister's pale. --Milton.
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3. A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the
world for religious duties.
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Fitter for a cloister than a crown. --Daniel.
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Cloister garth (Arch.), the garden or open part of a court
inclosed by the cloisters.
Syn: Cloister, Monastery, Nunnery, Convent, Abbey,
Priory.
Usage: Cloister and convent are generic terms, and denote a
place of seclusion from the world for persons who
devote their lives to religious purposes. They differ
is that the distinctive idea of cloister is that of
seclusion from the world, that of convent, community
of living. Both terms denote houses for recluses of
either sex. A cloister or convent for monks is called
a monastery; for nuns, a nunnery. An abbey is a
convent or monastic institution governed by an abbot
or an abbess; a priory is one governed by a prior or a
prioress, and is usually affiliated to an abbey.
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Cloister
(gcide) | Cloister \Clois"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloistered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cloistering.]
To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the
world; to immure.
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None among them are thought worthy to be styled
religious persons but those that cloister themselves up
in a monastery. --Sharp.
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cloister
(wn) | cloister
n 1: residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a
monastery) [syn: religious residence, cloister]
2: a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
v 1: surround with a cloister, as of a garden
2: surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden"
3: seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She
cloistered herself in the office" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
cloister
(mass) | cloister
- kláštor |
cloister
(encz) | cloister,klášter n: Zdeněk Brožcloister,křížová chodba n: Petr Písař |
cloistered
(encz) | cloistered,izolovaný adj: Jiří Drbálekcloistered,odloučený adj: Jiří Drbálek |
Cloister garth
(gcide) | Cloister \Clois"ter\, n. [OF. cloistre, F. clo[^i]tre, L.
claustrum, pl. claustra, bar, bolt, bounds, fr. claudere,
clausum, to close. See Close, v. t., and cf. Claustral.]
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1. An inclosed place. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
(pl.) the series of such passages on the different sides
of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
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But let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloister's pale. --Milton.
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3. A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the
world for religious duties.
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Fitter for a cloister than a crown. --Daniel.
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Cloister garth (Arch.), the garden or open part of a court
inclosed by the cloisters.
Syn: Cloister, Monastery, Nunnery, Convent, Abbey,
Priory.
Usage: Cloister and convent are generic terms, and denote a
place of seclusion from the world for persons who
devote their lives to religious purposes. They differ
is that the distinctive idea of cloister is that of
seclusion from the world, that of convent, community
of living. Both terms denote houses for recluses of
either sex. A cloister or convent for monks is called
a monastery; for nuns, a nunnery. An abbey is a
convent or monastic institution governed by an abbot
or an abbess; a priory is one governed by a prior or a
prioress, and is usually affiliated to an abbey.
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Cloisteral
(gcide) | Cloisteral \Clois"ter*al\, a.
Cloistral. [Obs.] --I. Walton.
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Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.
[Written also cloisteral.]
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Best become a cloistral exercise. --Daniel.
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cloisteral
(gcide) | Cloisteral \Clois"ter*al\, a.
Cloistral. [Obs.] --I. Walton.
[1913 Webster]Cloistral \Clois"tral\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.
[Written also cloisteral.]
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Best become a cloistral exercise. --Daniel.
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Cloistered
(gcide) | Cloistered \Clois"tered\, a.
1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. "Cloistered friars and
vestal nuns." --Hudibras.
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In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell,
Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
--Shenstone.
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2. Furnished with cloisters. --Sir H. Wotton.
[1913 Webster]Cloister \Clois"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloistered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cloistering.]
To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the
world; to immure.
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None among them are thought worthy to be styled
religious persons but those that cloister themselves up
in a monastery. --Sharp.
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Cloisterer
(gcide) | Cloisterer \Clois"ter*er\, n. [Cf. OF. cloistier.]
One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.
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Cloistering
(gcide) | Cloister \Clois"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloistered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cloistering.]
To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the
world; to immure.
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None among them are thought worthy to be styled
religious persons but those that cloister themselves up
in a monastery. --Sharp.
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Encloister
(gcide) | Encloister \En*clois"ter\, v. t. [Cf. Incloister.]
To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.
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Incloister
(gcide) | Incloister \In*clois"ter\, v. t. [Pref. in- in + cloister: cf.
F. enclo[^i]trer. Cf. Encloister.]
To confine as in a cloister; to cloister. --Lovelace.
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Uncloister
(gcide) | Uncloister \Un*clois"ter\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + cloister.]
To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion;
to set free; to liberate.
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cloister
(wn) | cloister
n 1: residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a
monastery) [syn: religious residence, cloister]
2: a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
v 1: surround with a cloister, as of a garden
2: surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden"
3: seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She
cloistered herself in the office" |
cloistered
(wn) | cloistered
adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under
religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral,
conventual, monastic, monastical]
2: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic
world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered
pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree";
"a secluded romantic spot" [syn: cloistered, reclusive,
secluded, sequestered] |
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