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The Clue

Monastery or convent (8 letter answer)

The Answer

CLOISTER

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Notes

The answer CLOISTER is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.

Related Clues

Monastery
Brother's home
Religious site
Covered colonnaded passage
Part of many a convent

Definition

CLOISTER as a noun:

1. (religious residence, cloister) = residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
2. a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)

CLOISTER as a verb:

1. surround with a cloister, as of a garden
2. seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"