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cloistral

[kloi-struh l]
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or living in a cloister.
  2. cloisterlike.
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Origin of cloistral

First recorded in 1595–1605; cloist(e)r + -al1
Related formsun·clois·tral, adjective
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Related Words

sheltered, reclusive, restricted, confined, hidden, withdrawn, insulated, recluse, cloistral, hermitic, seclusive

Examples from the Web for cloistral

Historical Examples

  • Reuben followed him into the cloistral odors and shadows of the sitting-room.

    Aunt Rachel

    David Christie Murray

  • So she loved the cloistral feeling autumn brought with it to Welsley.

    In the Wilderness

    Robert Hichens

  • But the rule was moral and academical, not cloistral or ascetic.

  • Their existence had a cloistral quality which appealed to something in him.

    The Roll-Call

    Arnold Bennett

  • And from a thick maple on the edge of a clearing a hermit-thrush fluted slowly over and over his cloistral ecstasy.

    Earth's Enigmas

    Charles G. D. Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for cloistral

cloistral

claustral

adjective
  1. of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
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Word Origin and History for cloistral

adj.

c.1600, from cloister + -al (1).

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