'Cloistered' definitions:
Definition of 'cloistered'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical]
adjective
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]
Definition of 'Cloistered'
From: GCIDE
- Cloistered \Clois"tered\, a.
- 1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. "Cloistered friars and vestal nuns." --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. --Shenstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Furnished with cloisters. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cloistered'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- None among them are thought worthy to be styled religious persons but those that cloister themselves up in a monastery. --Sharp. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cloistered'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anchoritic,
- at rest,
- barred,
- beleaguered,
- beset,
- besieged,
- blockaded,
- bound,
- cabined,
- caged,
- calm,
- claustral,
- closed-in,
- confined,
- conventical,
- conventual,
- cool,
- cooped,
- cordoned,
- cordoned off,
- corralled,
- cramped,
- cribbed,
- detained,
- domestic,
- dwindling,
- ebbing,
- enclosed,
- eremitic,
- even-tenored,
- fenced,
- halcyon,
- hedged,
- hemmed,
- hermitic,
- hermitish,
- hushed,
- immured,
- impassive,
- impounded,
- imprisoned,
- in confinement,
- incarcerated,
- isolated,
- jailed,
- kept in,
- leaguered,
- mewed,
- moldering,
- monachal,
- monasterial,
- monastic,
- pacific,
- paled,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- penned,
- pent,
- pent-up,
- placid,
- quarantined,
- quiescent,
- quiet,
- railed,
- recluse,
- reposeful,
- reposing,
- restful,
- resting,
- restrained,
- restricted,
- secluded,
- sequestered,
- sequestrated,
- sheltered,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- shut-in,
- smooth,
- stay-at-home,
- still,
- still as death,
- stillish,
- stilly,
- stoic,
- stolid,
- subsiding,
- tranquil,
- unagitated,
- under restraint,
- undisturbed,
- unmoved,
- unperturbed,
- unruffled,
- unstirring,
- untroubled,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- waning