Definitions for cloistered

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cloistered clois·tered

Spelling: [kloi-sterd]

IPA: /ˈklɔɪ stərd/

Cloistered is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 984 anagrams from letters in cloistered (cdeeilorst).

Definitions for cloistered

noun

1. a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
2. a courtyard, especially in a religious institution, bordered with such walks.
3. a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent.
4. any quiet, secluded place.
5. life in a monastery or convent.

adjective

1. secluded from the world; sheltered:
2. having a cloister or cloisters.

verb (used with object)

1. to confine in a monastery or convent.
2. to confine in retirement; seclude.
3. to furnish with a cloister or covered walk.
4. to convert into a monastery or convent.

Origin of cloistered

First recorded in 1575-85; cloister + -ed²

Examples for cloistered

Why should the cloistered wants of juvenile men, with baby opinions, dominate any medium and industry so many of us care about?

That was the effect of my cloistered life, but I had no feeling of fear.

But over the years, cloistered in their mountain keep, complete with moat, Bender and Patton became ever more reclusive.

After his death her first impulse was to take the vows of a cloistered nun.

Formerly a playground for Sunday school kids, it has a spooky, cloistered feel to it.

How cloistered and constitutionally sequestered from the market and from scandal!

The home, cloistered off, exclusive, can hardly be said to exist.

After World War II, interstate highways opened, and new bypasses rerouted life away from cloistered downtowns.

But I have concluded that such a motive for cloistered life is a cowardly one.

They expect speedy action to integrate that cloistered community into the army and the workforce.