adj
Meaning 1
Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
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cloistered
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CMU ARPABET: K L OY1 S T ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence.
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adj
Meaning 3
Naive, lacking in worldliness.
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adj
Meaning 4
Furnished with cloisters.
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verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of cloister
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
providing privacy or seclusion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reclusive, secluded, sequestered
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical
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Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: klösterlich — isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
- German: abgeschieden — isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
- German: weltabgeschieden — isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
- Spanish: enclaustrado — isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
- Spanish: enceldado — isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence