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ˈǾٱ
/ ˈɔɪə /
adjective
secluded or shut up from the world
living in a monastery or nunnery
(of a building, courtyard, etc) having or provided with a cloister
Other 51Թ Forms
- noncloistered adjective
- uncloistered adjective
- well-cloistered adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cloistered1
Example Sentences
Yet his work has never stayed cloistered within academia.
Unlike Parolin, he has decades of pastoral experience – meaning he has been an active Church leader among the people as opposed to a diplomat for the Vatican or cloistered expert on Church law.
The single storey building consists of five separate interconnecting buildings which are located around a cloistered courtyard and communal and administration areas.
The assured magnate, the superficial wife, the doted-upon child who was raised so cloistered he whistles canary songs to a tank of crawdads and tries to teach pet tricks to a fish.
Katz suggests that the artists’ apparent desire for a popular hug alienated a cloistered art public.
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