Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Cloister of Saint Trophimus, in Arles, France A Cloister is part of cathedral's and abbey's architecture. A cloister consists usually of four corridors, with a courtyard or quad in the middle. Cloisteral life is another name for the life of a monk or nun. Thus, cloister is sometimes used as a synonym for monastery. See also: The Cloisters, one of the museums of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This is a stub. Well-known cloisters could be added. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.