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CLOISTERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cloistered mean?
• CLOISTERED (adjective)
The adjective CLOISTERED has 2 senses:
1. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
2. providing privacy or seclusion
Familiarity information: CLOISTERED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
Synonyms:
cloistered; cloistral; conventual; monastic; monastical
Similar:
unworldly (not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Providing privacy or seclusion
Synonyms:
cloistered; reclusive; secluded; sequestered
Context example:
a secluded romantic spot
Similar:
private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)
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