Cloistered Definition

cloistered
adjective
  1. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
  2. providing privacy or seclusion; "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"

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