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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kloi-sterd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɔɪ stərd |
Definition of cloistered
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French cloistre "monastery, convent; enclosure" (12c., Modern French cloître), from Medieval Latin claustrum "portion of monastery closed off to laity," from Latin claustrum (usually in plural, claustra) "place shut in, enclosure; bar, bolt, means of shutting in," from past participle stem of claudere (see close (v.)).
- "The original purpose of cloisters was to afford a place in which the monks could take exercise and recreation" [Century Dictionary]. Spelling in French influenced by cloison "partition." Old English had clustor, clauster in the sense "prison, lock, barrier," directly from Latin, and cf. from the same source Dutch klooster, German Kloster, Polish klasztor.
- adj secluded
- That was the effect of my cloistered life, but I had no feeling of fear.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The home, cloistered off, exclusive, can hardly be said to exist.
- Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos
- How cloistered and constitutionally sequestered from the market and from scandal!
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- After his death her first impulse was to take the vows of a cloistered nun.
- Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
- But I have concluded that such a motive for cloistered life is a cowardly one.
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
- She sewed a great deal, she since has told me, there in the cloistered dimness.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
- These books had made the girl discontented with her cloistered life.
- Extract from : « A Soldier of the Legion » by C. N. Williamson
- While still a child, his father had cloistered him in the college of Torchi in the University.
- Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
- It is a cloistered belief, and suffers from want of ventilation.
- Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
- If she be not cloistered, I will have a glimpse at her; so here goes.
- Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
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