cloister
noun
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
had cloistered
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past perfectof cloister.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The speech came after the president had cloistered himself for 10 days at Camp David.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2017
The campaign staff had cloistered itself in a different area of the hotel, trying to give us some privacy.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Behold thy Philip ransom'd from that prison, In which the Moor had cloistered him.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
What a happy life you and your mother must have had, cloistered here.
From Amabel Channice by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Never had cloistered monks spent such a strange season; rarely such a blessed one.
From Gathering of Brother Hilarius by Michael Fairless
