[kloi-ster] 
| 1. | a covered walk, esp. in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard. |
| 2. | a courtyard, esp. in a religious institution, bordered with such walks. |
| 3. | a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent. |
| 4. | any quiet, secluded place. |
| 5. | life in a monastery or convent. |
| 6. | to confine in a monastery or convent. |
| 7. | to confine in retirement; seclude. |
| 8. | to furnish with a cloister or covered walk. |
| 9. | to convert into a monastery or convent. |
