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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.
Cloister first entered the English language as a noun in the 13th century; it referred then (as it still does) to a convent or monastery. More than three centuries later, English speakers began using the verb cloister to mean to seclude in or as if in a cloister..