cloister
ˈklɔɪstə
noun
a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a colonnade open to a quadrangle on one side.
the shadowed cloisters of the convent
walkway,covered walk,corridor,aisle,arcade,loggia,gallery,piazza,colonnade,ambulatory,stoa
verb
seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.
the monastery was where the Brothers would cloister themselves to meditate
confine,isolate,shut away,sequester,seclude,closet