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)
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
Related terms
* claustration
See also
* abbey
* hermitage
* monastery
* nunnery
Anagrams
*
*
*
*
|
courtyard Noun
( en noun)
an area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings
- She sat in the courtyard , enjoying the garden.
See also
* atrium
* forecourt
* court
* yard
|
