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cloistering

cloistering is the present participle and gerund of cloister.

Meaning of cloister

Verb

cloister (third-person singular simple present cloisters, present participle cloistering, simple past and past participle cloistered)

  1. (intransitive) To become a Roman Catholic religious.
    Synonyms:
    enter religion
  2. (transitive) To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
  3. (intransitive) To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
  4. (transitive) To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
    • The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.
  5. (transitive) To protect or isolate.
    • Unique condo cloistered on top of hill.1983 April 9, “Beacon Hill: Mt Vernon St. (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14

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Questions about cloistering

What is cloistering the present participle and gerund of?
Cloistering is the present participle and gerund of cloister.

Words near cloistering in the dictionary

  1. cloistered
  2. cloisterer
  3. cloisterers
  4. cloisteress
  5. cloisteresses
  6. cloistering
  7. cloisterism
  8. cloisterless
  9. cloisterlike
  10. cloisterly
  11. cloisters

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