cloister
open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries in religious houses (abbeys, monasteries, convents, cathedrals)
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Summary
cloister ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,579 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Architectural style: sacred architecture[2]
- Subclass of: long gallery[3], building component[4], arcade[5], architectural structure[6], monastic dependency[7], Christian religious building space[8]
- Part of: christian monastery[9], Roman Catholic monastery[10]
- Commons category: Cloisters[11]
- Has part(s): cloister yard[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cloisters[13]
- Facet of: enclosed religious order[14]
- Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[18], Cistercian Cloisters in England and Wales Part I: Essay[19]
- Native label: ambulatorium[20]
- Different from: Claustrum[21]
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Influence
Things named for cloister include enclosed religious order[22], a form of life[23].
Why It Matters
cloister has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] cloister is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
Entities named for cloister include enclosed religious order[22], a form of life[23].