shut up in a convent or monastery

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• Goritsky Monastery (Goritsy) — Not to be confused with Goritsky Monastery (Pereslavl Zalessky). Goritsky Monastery The Goritsky Monastery of Resurrection (Russian: Воскресенский Горицкий монастырь) is a Russian Orthodox convent (female monastery) in the village of Goritsy, 15… …   Wikipedia

• cloistered — clois·tered || klɔɪstÉ™d adj. shut off from world clois·ter || klɔɪstÉ™ n. convent; monastery; covered walkway v. shut away; shut up in a convent or monastery …   English contemporary dictionary

• cloister — [ klɔɪstə] noun 1》 a covered, and typically colonnaded, passage round an open court in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral. 2》 a convent or monastery.     ↘(the cloister) monastic life. verb seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.… …   English new terms dictionary

• cloister — clois·ter || klɔɪstÉ™ n. convent; monastery; covered walkway v. shut away; shut up in a convent or monastery …   English contemporary dictionary

• cloistering — clois·ter || klɔɪstÉ™ n. convent; monastery; covered walkway v. shut away; shut up in a convent or monastery …   English contemporary dictionary

• cloisters — clois·ter || klɔɪstÉ™ n. convent; monastery; covered walkway v. shut away; shut up in a convent or monastery …   English contemporary dictionary

• cloister — ► NOUN 1) a covered, and typically colonnaded, passage round an open court in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral. 2) (the cloister) the secluded life of a monk or nun. ► VERB ▪ seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery. DERIVATIVES… …   English terms dictionary

• cloistral — cloister ► NOUN 1) a covered, and typically colonnaded, passage round an open court in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral. 2) (the cloister) the secluded life of a monk or nun. ► VERB ▪ seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.… …   English terms dictionary

• Cloister — • The English equivalent of the Latin word clausura (from claudere, to shut up ) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cloister     Cloister      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• cloister — n. & v. n. 1 a covered walk, often with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other, esp. in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral. 2 monastic life or seclusion. 3 a convent or monastery. v.tr. seclude or shut up… …   Useful english dictionary

• Christian monasticism — Icon of Saint Anthony the Great, the founder of Christian monasticism. Christian monasticism is a practice which began to develop early in the history of the Christian Church, modeled upon scriptural examples and ideals, including those in the… …   Wikipedia