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  2. Cloister - Wikipedia

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    Cloistered (or claustral) life is also another name for the monastic life of a monk or nun. The English term enclosure is used in contemporary Catholic church law translations [2] to mean cloistered, and some form of the Latin parent word "claustrum" is frequently used as a metonymic name for monastery in languages such as German. [3]

  3. Enclosed religious orders - Wikipedia

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    The term cloistered is synonymous with enclosed. In the Catholic Church, enclosure is regulated by the code of canon law, either the Latin code or the Oriental code, and also by the constitutions of the specific order. [1] [2] [3] It is practised with a variety of customs according to the nature and charism of the community in question.

  4. Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey - Wikipedia

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    The cloister. Contrary to the tradition, this cloister was not built at the center of the monastery, and thus does not link with all the other buildings. Its function was purely spiritual: to bring the monks to meditate. Three arches of the cloister are opened to the sea or to the outside.

  5. St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church - Wikipedia

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    The historic monastery building is for the most part in the United States, that is, the cloister, the chapter house and the refectory of the monks. The rest of the monastic compound, that is, the church and other facilities such as Cilla (mullion) remain privately owned in Spain, in Sacramenia village, although the grounds can be visited on certain days.

  6. Monastery - Wikipedia

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    A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ().A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which may be a chapel, church, or temple, and may also serve as an oratory, or in the case of communities anything from a single building housing only one senior and ...

  7. Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos - Wikipedia

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    The cloisters are the only surviving part of the monastery that hasn't changed since its inception. The cloister is an angled rectangular shape with 16 semi-circular arches on the north and south sides and 14 semi-circular arches on the west and east sides.

  8. Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena, Arequipa - Wikipedia

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    The three crosses located in the middle of the cloister are part of a tradition of the Santa Catalina Monastery, where the nuns represent the Passion of Christ every Good Friday. Major Cloister; Built between 1715 and 1723, it is the largest cloister in the Monastery. On the left side there are 5 confessionals that had the required privacy.

  9. Abbey - Wikipedia

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    The cloister of Sénanque Abbey, Provence Church of the former Bath Abbey, Somerset An interior of the Bridgettine's Nådendal Abbey, a medieval Catholic monastery in Naantali, Finland. An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess.