adjective
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secluded or shut up from the world
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living in a monastery or nunnery
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(of a building, courtyard, etc) having or provided with a cloister
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Origin of cloistered
Example Sentences
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Where Tumblr-ites dreamed of the cloistered quads and moody libraries of Princeton in the 2010s, TikTok-ers now obsess over the elaborate rituals of University of Alabama sororities.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
She picked Gita Kaur, whose grandmother had kept Gita virtually cloistered in the family house in Nairobi until she was 19.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
Journalists who work for institutions are so cloistered and shut down at this point.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2025
A vast blaze has torn through the historic Bernaga Monastery in northern Italy, the Italian fire service said Sunday, forcing the evacuation of 22 cloistered nuns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2025
“It can’t be Fleetwood. He’s cloistered in French Lick. I have to find Jakob. I have to go back to the Park.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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