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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cloister \Clois"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloistered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Cloistering.]
     To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the
     world; to immure.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           None among them are thought worthy to be styled
           religious persons but those that cloister themselves up
           in a monastery.                          --Sharp.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cloistered \Clois"tered\, a.
     1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. ``Cloistered friars and
        vestal nuns.'' --Hudibras.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell,
              Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
                                                    --Shenstone.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Furnished with cloisters. --Sir H. Wotton.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cloistered \Clois"tered\, a.
     1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. ``Cloistered friars and
        vestal nuns.'' --Hudibras.
  
              In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud
              that their heart is narrow as their cell.
                                                    --Shenstone.
  
     2. Furnished with cloisters. --Sir H. Wotton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cloister \Clois"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloistered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Cloistering.]
     To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the
     world; to immure.
  
           None among them are thought worthy to be styled
           religious persons but those that cloister themselves up
           in a monastery.                          --Sharp.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  cloistered
       adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under religious
              vows [syn: cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical]
       2: 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" [syn: reclusive, secluded,
           sequestered]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cloistered
     a.
     Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
     vb.
     (infl of en cloister  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cloistered
     a.
     Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
     vb.
     (infl of en cloister  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cloistered
     a.
     Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
     vb.
     (infl of en cloister  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cloistered
     a.
     Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
     vb.
     (infl of en cloister  ed-form)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Cloistered /klˈɔɪstəd/
  معزول

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  cloistered /klˈɔɪstəd/
  mit Kreuzgang versehen  [arch.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  cloistered /klˈɔɪstəd/
  abgeschieden, abgeschottet, isoliert  [soc.]
        "a cloistered life"  - ein Leben in Abgeschiedenheit

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  cloistered /klˈɔɪstəd/ 
  1. एकान्तवासी
        "The nuns live a cloistered life."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  cloistered /klˈɔɪstəd/
  1. kolostorba zárt
  2. magányos
  3. kolostorba vonult

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈkɫɔɪstɝd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "cloistered":
     anchoritic, at rest, barred, beleaguered, beset, besieged,
     blockaded, bound, cabined, caged, calm, claustral, closed-in,
     confined, conventical, conventual, cool, cooped, cordoned,
     cordoned off, corralled, cramped, cribbed, detained, domestic,
     dwindling, ebbing, enclosed, eremitic, even-tenored, fenced,
     halcyon, hedged, hemmed, hermitic, hermitish, hushed, immured,
     impassive, impounded, imprisoned, in confinement, incarcerated,
     isolated, jailed, kept in, leaguered, mewed, moldering, monachal,
     monasterial, monastic, pacific, paled, peaceable, peaceful, penned,
     pent, pent-up, placid, quarantined, quiescent, quiet, railed,
     recluse, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, restrained,
     restricted, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, sheltered,
     shut in, shut up, shut-in, smooth, stay-at-home, still,
     still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding,
     tranquil, unagitated, under restraint, undisturbed, unmoved,
     unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, walled, walled-in,
     waning

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  adj.隐居的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 住在修道院的;隐居的

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