klosteris

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Klosteris

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (portion of monastery closed off to laity), from Latin claustrum (enclosure), a nominal use of the neuter past participle of claudo (to close).

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klosteris m (2nd declension)

  1. monastery, cloister, convent (the building and adjacent land inhabited by an order of monks)
    iestāties klosterīto join a monastery
    klostera dārzsmonastery garden
    klostera zemesmonastery lands
    sieviešu klosteriswomen's monastery (= nunnery, convent)
    viriešu klosterismen's monastery
    klostera priekšnieksthe leader of a monastery
    klostera durvju priekšā Rozāle brītiņu apstājās, lai sakārtotos pirms ieiešanas svētajā vietāat the door of the monastery Rozāle stopped for a moment to prepare herself before going into the holy place

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