cloistered
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cloistered (comparative more cloistered, superlative most cloistered)
- Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
- (Can we date this quote by Hudibras and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.
- (Can we date this quote by Shenstone and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
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- isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
- naive, lacking in worldliness
- Furnished with cloisters.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)
Verb[edit]
cloistered
- simple past tense and past participle of cloister