<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.</li><li>A courtyard, especially in a religious institution, bordered with such walks.</li><li>A place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent.</li><li>Any quiet, secluded place.</li><li>Life in a monastery or convent.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To confine in a monastery or convent.</li><li>To confine in retirement; seclude.</li><li>To furnish with a cloister or covered walk.</li><li>To convert into a monastery or convent.</li></ul>