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[ kloi-sterd ] / ˈklɔɪ stərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cloistered ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivesecluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life. having a cloister or cloisters. Origin of cloisteredFirst recorded in 1575–85; cloister + -ed2 SYNONYMS FOR cloistered1 withdrawn, isolated, aloof, sequestered. SEE SYNONYMS FOR cloistered ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM cloisterednon·clois·tered, adjectiveun·clois·tered, adjectivewell-cloistered, adjectiveWords nearby cloisteredclog dance, clogger, cloggy, cloisonné, cloister, cloistered, cloistered vault, cloister garth, cloistral, cloistress, cloky Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cloisteredFormerly a playground for Sunday school kids, it has a spooky, cloistered feel to it. The Stacks: The Judas Priest Teen Suicide Trial|Ivan Solotaroff|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST But over the years, cloistered in their mountain keep, complete with moat, Bender and Patton became ever more reclusive. Gems, Guns and Death in a Jungle Mansion|Zach Dyer|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Why should the cloistered wants of juvenile men, with baby opinions, dominate any medium and industry so many of us care about? The Video Game Industry Is Too White, Straight, and Male for Its Own Good|Tauriq Moosa|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST After World War II, interstate highways opened, and new bypasses rerouted life away from cloistered downtowns. The Dark Side of the Midwest|Justin Green|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They expect speedy action to integrate that cloistered community into the army and the workforce. Obama Complicates Netanyahu’s Coalition Talks|J. J. Goldberg|February 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Cloistered in the life of the harem, their ideas do not reach beyond the horizon of the harem. French and Oriental Love in a Harem|Mario Uchard The food for the cardinals is introduced by a turn, so well known in convents of cloistered communities. Leo XIII., the Great Leader|Rev. A. P. Doyle But the Sisters of the Stricken Heart are not cloistered nuns. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame|James Lane Allen Her essence of virginal femininity, its pure and cloistered and white-camisoled odor, bespelled Carl to fainting timidity. The Trail of the Hawk|Sinclair Lewis Round these two was the wood, its leafy walls a haven of cloistered, quiet privacy. Rich Man, Poor Man|Maximilian Foster
British Dictionary definitions for cloistered
adjectivesecluded or shut up from the world living in a monastery or nunnery (of a building, courtyard, etc) having or provided with a cloister Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cloisteredsheltered, reclusive, restricted, confined, hidden, withdrawn, insulated, shielded, sequestered, recluse, cloistral, hermitic, seclusive, shut off |