Cloyster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cloyster is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of cloister.
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of cloister.
Example Sentences
At the banquet the king took his station, incog. in a little closet made out of the cloyster of St. Stephen's, on the right side of the hall.
Davy Ramsey, his Majesty's clock-maker, had been informed, that there was a great quantity of treasure buried in the cloyster of Westminster-Abbey; he acquaints Dean Williams therewith, who was also then Bishop of Lincoln; the Dean gave him liberty to search after it, with this proviso, that if any was discovered, his church should have a share of it.
Word Forms
- cloysters
- cloystering
- cloystered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cloistre, quirrister, royster, clerke, monastick, clerick.
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