Cloister (disambiguation)
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A cloister
Cloister
A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth...

is a covered walkway with an open colonnade on one side that faces a quadrangle or garth.

Cloister may also refer to:
  • Cloister (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
  • The Cloisters
    The Cloisters
    The Cloisters is a museum located in Fort Tryon Park, New York City. The building, which is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was reconstructed in the 1930s from the architectural elements of several European medieval abbeys...

    , a the museum in New York City
  • Cloister Inn
    Cloister Inn
    Cloister Inn is one of the undergraduate eating clubs at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1912, Cloister occupies a neo-Gothic building on Prospect Avenue, between Cap and Gown Club and Charter Club. Cloister closed temporarily in 1972, becoming open to all...

    , one of the undergraduate eating clubs at Princeton University
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