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cloisters

cloisters is the plural of cloister.

cloisters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cloister.

Meaning of cloister

Noun

cloister (plural cloisters)

  1. such an arcade in a monastery;
  2. such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.
  3. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
  4. (figuratively) The monastic life.

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Questions about cloisters

What is cloisters the plural of?
Cloisters is the plural of cloister.

Words near cloisters in the dictionary

  1. cloistering
  2. cloisterism
  3. cloisterless
  4. cloisterlike
  5. cloisterly
  6. cloisters
  7. cloistral
  8. cloistre
  9. cloistres
  10. cloistress
  11. cloistresses

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