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cloister

noun
  1. residence that is a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery, featuring a courtyard with covered walks
    “My grandparents like to visit European cloisters.”
    religious residence
verb
  1. to seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
    “I cloistered myself in the office.”
  2. to surround with a building or protection, as of a garden in a cloister
    “We cloistered the holy site.”