cloistered
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stərd adjective
1.
secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
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noun
1.
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
2.
a courtyard, especially in a religious institution, bordered with such walks.
3.
a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent.
4.
any quiet, secluded place.
5.
life in a monastery or convent.
verb (used with object)
6.
to confine in a monastery or convent.
7.
to confine in retirement; seclude.
8.
to furnish with a cloister or covered walk.
9.
to convert into a monastery or convent.
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cloister (ˈklɔɪstə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a covered walk, usually around a quadrangle in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade on the inside and a wall on the outside |
| 2. | (sometimes plural) a place of religious seclusion, such as a monastery |
| 3. | life in a monastery or convent |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to confine or seclude in or as if in a monastery |
| [C13: from Old French cloistre, from Medieval Latin claustrum monastic cell, from Latin: bolt, barrier, from claudere to close; influenced in form by Old French cloison partition] | |
| 'cloister-like | |
| —adj | |
| cloistered (ˈklɔɪstəd) | |
| —adj | |
| 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 |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
cloister
c.1300, from O.Fr. clostre or O.E. clauster, both from M.L. claustrum "portion of monastery closed off to laity," from L. claustrum "place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure," from pp. stem of claudere (see close (v.)). Sense of "enclosed space" extended to "place of religious
seclusion." The verb is recorded from 1581.
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Example sentences
It was a cloistered, scholarly town of a few hundred thousand.
One can easily imagine cloistered communities focused on sustainable, ecological practices.
Gone are the days of traditional, cloistered archeologists.
He shut out the press, cloistered his family in ritzy enclaves, abhorred distractions.
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