Cloister vs Courtyard - What's the difference?
cloister | courtyard |
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
# such arcade in a monastery
# such arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion
A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
(figuratively) The monastic life
To become a Roman Catholic religious.
To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
To provide with (a) cloister(s).
To protect or isolate.
an area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings
As nouns the difference between cloister and courtyard
is that cloister is a covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially while courtyard is an area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.As a verb cloister
is to become a Roman Catholic religious.cloister
English
Alternative forms
* cloistre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cloistralVerb
(en verb)- ''The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it
Synonyms
* (become a Catholic religious) enter religionDerived terms
* cloistered * cloistererSee also
* abbey * hermitage * monastery * nunneryAnagrams
* * * *courtyard
English
(wikipedia courtyard)Noun
(en noun)- She sat in the courtyard , enjoying the garden.