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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows;
[syn: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical]

2. providing privacy or seclusion;
- Example: "the cloistered academic world of books"
- Example: "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"
- Example: "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"
- Example: "a secluded romantic spot"
[syn: cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cloistered \Clois"tered\, a.
   1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. "Cloistered friars and
      vestal nuns." --Hudibras.
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            In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell,
            Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
                                                  --Shenstone.
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   2. Furnished with cloisters. --Sir H. Wotton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         None among them are thought worthy to be styled
         religious persons but those that cloister themselves up
         in a monastery.                          --Sharp.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cloistered
    adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under
           religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral,
           conventual, monastic, monastical]
    2: providing privacy or seclusion; "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" [syn: cloistered, reclusive,
       secluded, sequestered]