1. Verb
An inclosed place.
2. Verb
A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court;
3. Verb
the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.
4. Verb
A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.
5. Verb
To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.
6. Noun
a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
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