• Cloistered

    Full definition of cloistered

    Adjective

    cloistered

    1. Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
      • HudibrasCloistered friars and vestal nuns.
      • ShenstoneIn cloistered state let selfish sages dwell,
        Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
    2. isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
    3. naive, lacking in worldliness
    4. Furnished with cloisters.

    Verb

    cloistered
    1. cloistered

      (past of cloister)
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