cloistered
3
8.7
- adjective
- /ˈklɔɪstərd/
:
recluido
- He seems more timid, more cloistered, and when he's more isolated, he seems sadder.
He seems more timid, more cloistered, and when he's more isolated, he seems sadder.
- He seems more timid, more cloistered, and when he's more isolated, he seems sadder.
- And, you know, I think what, what really strikes me is that she was part of such a, a cloistered and, and protected community.
- You know, if there are kids running in the background or it's like an environment where they don't feel completely cloistered and safe, then, you know, it might not work.
- So it's very, very cloistered and very unusual.
Examples
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Devoutly religious, they made up the most cloistered and provincial community I've known.
Academic text (2000) -
And, you know, I think what, what really strikes me is that she was part of such a, a cloistered and, and protected community.
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I believed that the cloistered life was a life of study.
Fiction book (1999) -
So it's very, very cloistered and very unusual.
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Victoria is noted for its cloistered atmosphere.
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Well, Mr. Lightcap, I've lived a cloistered life, like you.
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At Spencer Abbey he'd seen parents almost prostrate in despair at the thought of losing a child to the cloistered life.
Fiction book (1993) -
In this sense, he becomes an icon to be imaginatively imitated by the cloistered monks of St. Albans.
Academic text (1999) -
Also in the file is the name of a postulant who can help assist you in your inquiries since it is a cloistered convent and your access will be limited.
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Many nuns choose to live a cloistered life, dedicating themselves to prayer and reflection away from the world.
Synonyms
56
3.8
Far from other places or people and hard to reach
35
5.1
A place not seen or visited by many people
24
7.4
Tends to live alone and avoid other people
11
7.9
Relating to life in a monastery with simple rules and little contact with others
1
6.7
Feeling separate from other people or different from them
Living quietly and separately like monks or nuns in a convent
Like a quiet, enclosed place such as a monastery courtyard
About the quiet shared life of people who live together in a convent
A quiet, simple religious life with prayer and few possessions
Kept away from other people in a quiet private place
Prefers to live alone and avoids other people
A person who prefers to be alone or a place that gives privacy
Antonyms
How Secluded
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cloistered comes from cloister, from the Latin claustrum meaning 'closed place', and you can see the same root in the word close. So to be cloistered is to be kept 'closed away' from the outside world, like monks living in the quiet, private part of a monastery.