cloistered Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb surround with a cloister, as of a garden
    cloister.
  2. verb surround with a cloister
    cloister.
    • cloister the garden
  3. verb seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
    cloister.
    • She cloistered herself in the office
  4. adjective satellite of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
    cloistral; monastical; monastic; conventual.
  5. adjective satellite providing privacy or seclusion
    secluded; sequestered; reclusive.
    • 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

WordNet

Clois"tered adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913