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Recent Examples of cloister
Today, the ancient scriptorium is home to the abbey’s museum and open to visitors along with the monastery’s Renaissance-style basilica and main cloister.
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The cloister lies just below the Hohensalzburg Palace which towers over Salzburg.
—Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Contributor, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The cloister lies just below the Hohensalzburg Palace which towers over Salzburg.
—Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Contributor, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloister
Noun
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This growing network of trails goes through rhododendron forests and past monasteries and villages, giving travelers a closer look at places only accessible on foot.—
Mary Holland,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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In a pivotal scene in the season finale, Piper comes to the realization that her plan to stay at a monastery for a year and study Buddhism isn't going to work.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In Melk, guests can see the frescoes of the Benedictine abbey or remain onboard for an Austrian cookie tasting.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2025
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The TikTok post then pivots to Kate's curtsy to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip during her wedding to Prince William in April 2011, again at the abbey followed by Kate and Meghan curtsying to the queen at Sandringham on Christmas Day in 2018.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Cloister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloister. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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