Cloister

…At the end of ancient times, cloisters were also used for shrines, following the example of these. In Christian architecture, it refers to a covered colonnaded walkway surrounding a courtyard in a monastery, and is also called a cloister in English. It is usually located adjacent to the south or north side of the church, and around its periphery are arranged large bedrooms, a large dining hall, a kitchen, a meeting room, a storage room, and individual rooms for monks, and together with the church, it forms the central facility of monastic architecture. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cloister" is listed below.

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…古代末には，これらにならって神社にも回廊を用いるようになった。　キリスト教建築では，修道院内の中庭を囲む屋根付き列柱歩廊をさし，英語でクロイスターcloisterともいう。通例教会堂の南側ないし北側に接して位置し，周縁には大寝室，大食堂，厨房，集会室，貯蔵庫，修道士個室等が配され，教会堂とともに修道院建築の中心施設をなす。…

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