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CLOISTER

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A covered walk, walled on one side and usually arcaded on the other, surrounding or partly surrounding an open area in a monastery or similar complex of Christian buildings.

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CATHEDRAL The principal church of a diocese in which the cathedra or bishop's throne is to be found.
MONASTERY A complex of buildings inhabited by a community of men living in seclusion under religious vows.

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