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Webster 1913 Edition
Cloistered
Clois′tered
,Adj.
1.
Dwelling in cloisters; solitary.
“Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.” Hudibras.
In
Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
cloistered
state let selfish sages dwell,Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
Shenstone.
2.
Furnished with cloisters.
Sir H. Wotton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cloistered
CLOISTERED
,pp.
1.
Shut up in a cloister; inhabiting a monastery.2.
a. Solitary; retired from the world.3.
Built with peristyles or piazzas; inclosed.Definition 2024
cloistered
cloistered
English
Adjective
cloistered (comparative more cloistered, superlative most cloistered)
- Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
- Hudibras
- Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.
- Shenstone
- In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
- Hudibras
- isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
- naive, lacking in worldliness
- Furnished with cloisters.
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Verb
cloistered
- simple past tense and past participle of cloister