cloistered

C2
Verb
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

To become a Roman Catholic religious.

2 Definition

To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.

3 Definition

To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.

4 Definition

To provide with a cloister or cloisters.

Example Sentences
  • The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it.
5 Definition

To protect or isolate.

Adjective
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.

2 Definition

Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence

3 Definition

Naive, lacking in worldliness

4 Definition

Furnished with cloisters.