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Cloister vs Sacristy - What's the difference?

cloister | sacristy |

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

English

Alternative forms

* cloistre (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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
  • Derived terms

    * cloistral

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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).
  • ''The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it
  • To protect or isolate.
  • Synonyms

    * (become a Catholic religious) enter religion

    Derived terms

    * cloistered * cloisterer

    See also

    * abbey * hermitage * monastery * nunnery

    Anagrams

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    sacristy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sacristy) (sacristies)
  • 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.