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Cloistered

adjective

Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows. Synonyms: cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical.

Providing privacy or seclusion. Synonyms: reclusive, secluded, sequestered. "Sat close together in the sequestered pergola" , "Sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree" , "A secluded romantic spot"

Cloister

verb

(past & past part. cloistered; pres. part. cloistering)

Surround with a cloister, as of a garden.

Surround with a cloister.

Seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister.

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"Cloistered" Quotes from Famous Books

... to Colonel DeLisle. He had a young daughter whom he adored. Foolishly (he began to think) he had let her learn French, and allowed her to read French novels. These books had made the girl discontented with her cloistered life. Being the only child, and always rather delicate, perhaps she had been too much spoiled. Greater freedom than she had could not be granted; but seeing her sad Ben Raana had asked himself what he could do for ...

— A Soldier of the Legion • C. N. Williamson

... handsome, in its own obsolete style, and must be an exceedingly comfortable place for the old people to lounge in, when the inclement winds render it inexpedient to walk abroad. There are shrubs against the wall, on one side; and on another is a cloistered walk, adorned with stags' heads and antlers, and running beneath a covered gallery, up to which ascends a balustraded staircase. In the portion of the edifice opposite the entrance-arch are the apartments of the Master; and looking into the window, (as the old ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 62, December, 1862 • Various

... Stewart, who had learnt to believe it mere dishonour and tameness to forgive the son for his father's deeds. A cloistered priest could hardly do so: pardon to a hostile family came only with the last mortal throe; and here was this warlike king forgiving as a mere matter ...

— The Caged Lion • Charlotte M. Yonge

... thirteenth century had been entirely in the hands of cloistered women, and the ladies who practised it learned their craft with the rest of their education in convents, and their work was simply ecclesiastical and dedicatory. At that period social burgher life in the towns had first begun ...

— Needlework As Art • Marian Alford

... Jean, one would hardly have recognised him. It was as if the child had fled into the deeps of his soul, never to reappear. Day after day went by, and Jean (instead of courting excitement as before) cloistered himself in solitude; or at most sought the company of B. and me and Le Petit Belge for a quiet chat or a cigarette. The morning after the three fights he did not appear in the cour for early promenade along with the rest of us (including The Sheeneys). In vain did les femmes strain their necks ...

— The Enormous Room • Edward Estlin Cummings

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