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Definition of cloister for English Language Learners. : 1  a place where monks or nuns live : a monastery or convent. : 2  a covered path or hall with arches that is on the side of a building (such as a monastery or church) and that has one open side usually facing a courtyard.
To the outsider it appears to be torture, or even hiding. But to the nuns & monks it is neither, in fact it is in their eyes the greatest freedom. Within the walls of the cloister they find the freedom to follow what they find to be their calling. For them it isn't a sacrifice, rather a joy.