cloistered

Definition of Cloistered in English :

Adjective

1. cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical

of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

2. cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered

providing privacy or seclusion

Example Sentences:
'the cloistered academic world of books'
'sat close together in the sequestered pergola'
'sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree'
'a secluded romantic spot'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cloistered

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adjective

1.

secluded or shut up from the world

2.

living in a monastery or nunnery

3.

(of a building, courtyard, etc) having or provided with a cloister

Cloistered

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n.

1.

a. A quadrangle enclosed by an open colonnade and a covered walk.

b. The covered walk enclosing such a quadrangle.

2.

a. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.

b. Life in a monastery or convent.

3. A secluded, quiet place.

tr.v. clois·tered, clois·ter·ing, clois·ters

1. To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude.

2. To furnish (a building) with a cloister.

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