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  • 1Cloister — • The English equivalent of the Latin word clausura (from claudere, to shut up ) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cloister     Cloister      …

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  • 2Cloister Inn — is one of the undergraduate eating clubs at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1912, Cloister occupies a neo Gothic building on Prospect Avenue, between Cap and Gown Club and Charter Club. Cloister closed… …

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  • 3Cloister — 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An inclosed place. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A covered …

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  • 4Cloister garth — 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An inclosed place. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 5cloister — [klois′tər] n. [ME < OFr cloistre & OE clauster, both < ML(Ec) claustrum, portion of monastery closed off to the laity < L, a bolt, place shut in < pp. of claudere, to CLOSE2] 1. a place of religious seclusion: monastery or convent 2 …

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  • 6cloister — n 1 Cloister, convent, monastery, nunnery, abbey, priory. Cloister and convent are general terms denoting a place of retirement from the world for members of a religious community; they may apply to houses for recluses of either sex. In such use… …

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  • 7Cloister Inn Hotel Prague (Prague) — Cloister Inn Hotel Prague country: Czech Republic, city: Prague (Prague 1 / Old Town) Cloister Inn Hotel Prague Hotel Cloister Inn Prague is a great historical location in the heart of the Old Town of Prague, only 300m from the famous Charles… …

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  • 8Cloister Inn Hotel — (Прага,Чехия) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: Konviktska 14, Прага, 11 …

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  • 9Cloister — 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. [1913 Webster] None among them are thought worthy to be styled religious persons but those… …

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  • 10Cloister vault — A Cloister vault, or domical vault, is a vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. Geometry The intersection of the cloister vault with a horizontal plane is a square. This fact may be used to find the… …

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