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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Remembering that the naked nuns are not cloistered because of some vocational dedication to Christ but because of their troublesome uselessness to the patriarchal order, they become that much more sympathetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
But until then, I cherish my cloistered time by the spoonful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Journalists who work for institutions are so cloistered and shut down at this point.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2025
To me there’s a remote and cloistered feeling here.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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