Cloistered

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of cloister form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.

    "Cloistered friars and vestal nuns."

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

    "[…]“The Vegan” is a less cloistered book, with bigger, more universal themes."

  3. 3
    Naive, lacking in worldliness.
  4. 4
    Furnished with cloisters.

    "both the Greeks and Romans […]had commonly two cloiſtered open Courts, one serving for the Womens ſide, and the other for the Men"

Adjective
  1. 1
    providing privacy or seclusion wordnet
  2. 2
    of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows wordnet

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