a very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.-a small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.-any small cavity, or hollow place.-the space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.-same as cella.-a jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.-one of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed.-to place or inclose in a cell.