Cloister vs Sacristy - What's the difference?
cloister | sacristy |
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.
A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.
As nouns the difference between cloister and sacristy
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 sacristy is a room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc are kept sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.As a verb cloister
is to become a roman catholic religious.cloister
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Alternative forms
* cloistre (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cloistralVerb
(en verb)- ''The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it