cloistered
1Cloistered — Clois tered, a. 1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. Cloistered friars and vestal nuns. Hudibras. [1913 Webster] In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. Shenstone. [1913 Webster] 2. Furnished… …
2cloistered — index private (secluded), solitary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3cloistered — [adj] secluded cloistral, confined, hermitic, hidden, insulated, recluse, reclusive, restricted, secluse, seclusive, sequestered, sheltered, shielded, shut off, withdrawn; concepts 554,583 Ant. free, open, unsecluded …
4cloistered — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having or enclosed by a cloister. 2) sheltered from the outside world …
5cloistered — clois|tered [ˈklɔıstəd US ərd] adj 1.) protected from the difficulties and demands of ordinary life ▪ Academics lead a cloistered life. 2.) a cloistered building contains cloisters …
6cloistered — [[t]klɔ͟ɪstə(r)d[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you. ...the cloistered world of royalty. Syn: sheltered …
7cloistered — adjective 1 protected from the difficulties and demands of ordinary life: a cloistered existence 2 a cloistered building contains cloisters …
8Cloistered — Cloister Clois ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloistered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cloistering}.] To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure. [1913 Webster] None among them are thought worthy to be styled religious persons but… …
9cloistered — adjective Date: 1581 1. being or living in or as if in a cloister 2. providing shelter from contact with the outside world < the cloistered atmosphere of a small college > …
10cloistered — /kloy steuhrd/, adj. 1. secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life. 2. having a cloister or cloisters. [1575 85; CLOISTER + ED2] Syn. 1. withdrawn, isolated, aloof, sequestered. * * * …
