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cloistered

adjective

1 cloistered

Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows.

synonyms: cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical.

Roget 1000: claustral, cloistered; monastic, monasterial; conventual.   

2 cloistered

Providing privacy or seclusion:
— The cloistered academic world of books.

synonyms: reclusive, secluded, sequestered.


Moby thesaurus: anchoritic, at rest, barred, beleaguered, beset, besieged, blockaded, bound, cabined, caged, calm, claustral, closed-in, confined, conventical, conventual, cool, cooped, cordoned, cordoned off ... show more.

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