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cloistered, ppl. a.|ˈklɔɪstəd|
[f. cloister v. and n. + -ed.]
1. Shut up or dwelling in a cloister; monastic.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 350 No Covent of Cloystered company or cowled crew. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 296 Though I rate this cloister'd Lubber according to his deserts. 1741Berkeley Lett. 7 June Wks. IV. 280 A modern cloystered friar! 1861Pearson E. & Mid. Ages 157 The gratitude of cloistered chroniclers.
b. transf. Of things, conditions, etc.
1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 141 He put off the habite of his cloistered profession. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. V, lviii, Cloystered Ease. 1855H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. xii. (1878) 408 The..cloistered seclusion of a college.
2. fig. Confined as in a cloister, recluse.
1605Shakes. Macb. iii. ii. 41 Ere the Bat hath flowne His Cloyster'd flight. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 45 A fugitive and cloister'd vertue. 1879E. Arnold Lt. Asia 31 How shall this be, with his cloistered ways!
3. Furnished with a cloister: see cloister v. 4. |