#255 cloister

cloister- a covered walk, usually around a quadrangle in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade on the inside and a wall on the outside

C13 from Old French cloistre, from Medieval Latin claustrum, from claudere to close

A cloister is a secluded, private place which encourages meditation.

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