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Adjective
/ˈkloistərd/,
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Kept away from the outside world; sheltered,
  1. Kept away from the outside world; sheltered
    • - a cloistered upbringing
  2. Having or enclosed by a cloister, as in a monastery
    • - a cloistered walkway bordered the courtyard
  1. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
  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"
  3. A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. ...
  4. Pertaining to one who lives in a cloister or a cloister-like environment, or who was raised that way; Pertaining to isolation, protection, being hidden way for the sake of maintaining innocence; naive, lacking in worldliness
  5. (Cloistering) (passive) barring of nonmonastics from the house; (active) prohibition of monastics from exiting the house
  6. Describes certain contemplative communities that limit their contact with the outside world. Not all contemplative communities are cloistered.
  7. (adj) secluded; hidden away from the world
  8. Dwelling in cloisters (A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.); solitary.