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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Cloistered second-floor galleries are meant to provide a peaceful sanctuary for taking in the art.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Cloistered in the backroom of the Happy Fig, Kostas and Defne pledge themselves to each other, unaware of the trouble gathering on the horizon.
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2021
Cloistered coral reefs of home are surrounded by frightful drop-offs and strong currents that can sweep a little fish out to an immense sea.
From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2016
Cloistered in a vast Minnesotan home studio among umpteen hours of unreleased music, he often seemed the quintessential obsessive-compulsive auteur.
From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2016
Cloistered in his sprawling town house on Rutland Gate, Francis Galton was oddly unstirred by the “stirring times.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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