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Webster 1913 Edition


Cloistered

Clois′tered

,
Adj.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cloistered

CLOISTERED

,
pp.
1.
Shut up in a cloister; inhabiting a monastery.
2.
a. Solitary; retired from the world.
3.
Built with peristyles or piazzas; inclosed.

Definition 2024


cloistered

cloistered

English

Adjective

cloistered (comparative more cloistered, superlative most cloistered)

  1. Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
    • Hudibras
      Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.
    • Shenstone
      In 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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)

Verb

cloistered

  1. simple past tense and past participle of cloister