cloistered
Collocations
3ADJ.
bigger, vestal
CLOISTERED + NOUN
friars
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.
In cloister'd state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence.
[…]“The Vegan” is a less cloistered book, with bigger, more universal themes.
Naive, lacking in worldliness.
Furnished with cloisters.
both the Greeks and Romans […]had commonly two cloiſtered open Courts, one serving for the Womens ſide, and the other for the Men
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — providing privacy or seclusion
- reclusive
- secluded
- sequestered
adjective — of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
- cloistral
- conventual
- monastic
- monastical
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.
WiktionaryIn cloister'd state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
Wiktionary[…]“The Vegan” is a less cloistered book, with bigger, more universal themes.
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