What is "cloistered" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does cloistered mean in English? Meaning of cloistered definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "cloistered" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "cloistered": of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Adjective

  • Meaning: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
  • Synonyms: cloistered cloistral conventual monastic monastical
  • Similar: unworldly
  • Meaning of "cloistered": providing privacy or seclusion

    Adjective

  • Meaning: providing privacy or seclusion
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: cloistered reclusive secluded sequestered
  • Similar: private
  • Adjective: Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary. Hudibras Cloistered friars and vestal nuns. Shenstone In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.Hudibras Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.Shenstone In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocencenaive, lacking in worldlinessFurnished with cloisters. (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)
  • Synonyms:

    sheltered, reclusive, restricted, confined, hidden, withdrawn, recluse, insulated, shielded, sequestered, cloistral, hermitic, secluse, seclusive, shut off,

    Antonyms:

    seen, free, open, unsecluded,

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