"cloistered" in the verb sense
1. cloister
surround with a cloister, as of a garden
2. cloister
surround with a cloister
"cloister the garden"
3. cloister
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister
"She cloistered herself in the office"
"cloistered" in the adjective sense
1. cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
2. cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered
providing privacy or seclusion
"the cloistered academic world of books"
"sat close together in the sequestered pergola"
"sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"
"a secluded romantic spot"
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