kloster

From Old Norse klaustr and Latin claustrum

kloster n (definite singular klosteret or klostret, indefinite plural kloster or klostre, definite plural klostra or klostrene)

1. a monastery
2. a convent (nonnekloster)

• “kloster” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse klaustr and Latin claustrum

kloster n (definite singular klosteret, indefinite plural kloster, definite plural klostera)

1. a monastery
2. a convent (nonnekloster)

• “kloster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish kloster, kløster, from Old Norse klaustr.

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kloster n

1. monastery (place of residence for members of a religious community)

• → Finnish: luostari