Hypernym

noun

the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)

cloister 1

noundomain: artefact

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

Synonyms

religious residence 1
residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

Derivationally related form

adjective

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

verb

seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister

Hyponym

noun

a religious residence especially for nuns

noun

the residence of a religious community

noun

religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress