a covered walk, esp. in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.

a courtyard, esp. in a religious institution, bordered with such walks.

a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent.

any quiet, secluded place.

life in a monastery or convent.

to confine in a monastery or convent.

to confine in retirement; seclude.

to furnish with a cloister or covered walk.

to convert into a monastery or convent.

noun

abbey , cell , chapter house , convent , friary , hermitage , house , lamasery , monastery , nunnery , order , priorate , priory , religious community , retreat , sanctuary , aisle , ambulatory , arcade , cenoby , enclosure , hall , isolation , monastic , passageway , quarantine , seclude , sequester , sequestration , shelter , stoa , veil

verb

sequester , sequestrate