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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cloistered
    adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under
           religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral,
           conventual, monastic, monastical]
    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" [syn: cloistered, reclusive,
       secluded, sequestered]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

Thesaurus Results for Cloistered:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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