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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cloistered \Clois"tered\, a. 1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. ``Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.'' --Hudibras. In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. --Shenstone. 2. Furnished with cloisters. --Sir H. Wotton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. None among them are thought worthy to be styled religious persons but those that cloister themselves up in a monastery. --Sharp. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cloistered adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows [syn: {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: {reclusive}, {secluded}, {sequestered}]
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