Usually means: Arched ceiling with intersecting ribs.
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  1. cloister vault: Merriam-Webster
  2. cloister vault: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. cloister vault: Wiktionary
  4. cloister vault: Dictionary.com
  5. Cloister vault: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. cloister vault: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Cloister-vault, cloister vault: Encyclopedia

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  1. cloister vault: Glossary of Medieval Architecture

Definitions from Wiktionary (cloister vault)

noun:  (architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.

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