claustro

Definitions of claustro
  1. noun
    a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
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    type of:
    patio
    an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings
  2. noun
    residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
    synonyms: residencia religiosa
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    convento
    a religious residence especially for nuns
    cenobio, convento, monasterio
    the residence of a religious community
    priorato
    religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress
    abadía
    a monastery ruled by an abbot
    abadía
    a convent ruled by an abbess
    monasterio
    a monastery of friars
    convento de monjas
    the convent of a community of nuns
    type of:
    residencia
    the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
  3. noun
    the body of teachers and administrators at a school
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    type of:
    asociación, comunidad, corporación, cuerpo
    a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
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