 cloistered |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | |
| Synonyms: | monastic conventual monastical cloistral | |
| Related terms: | unworldly | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] providing privacy or seclusion | |
| Synonyms: | secluded sequestered reclusive | |
| Examples: | "the cloistered academic world of books" "sat close together in the sequestered pergola" "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree" 'a secluded romantic spot" |
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| Related terms: | private | |
| Similar spelling: |
cloister clustered clyster cluster clostridia clostridium Cleistes cloistral claystone claustrum clustering cliched |
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