A Cloister

1. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:

• 1. such an arcade in a monastery;
• 2. such an arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion.

2. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
3. (figuratively) The monastic life.