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Meaning of cloistered

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cloistered

verb

Definitions

  1. To become a Roman Catholic religious.

  2. To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.

  3. To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.

  4. To provide with a cloister or cloisters.

    Example: The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.

  2. Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence

  3. Naive, lacking in worldliness

  4. Furnished with cloisters.