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Cloistral

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, relating to, or suggesting a cloister; secluded.

adj. Living in a cloister.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of, pertaining to, or living in a cloister.

adj. Sheltered from the world; monastic.

adj. Secluded.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Of or pertaining to a cloister; of the nature of a cloister; belonging to or dwelling in a cloister.

Secluded; retired.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Word Usage

"A kind of cloistral quietude pervaded the place; the devotees who came in spoke in low voices, as if in a confessional, slipped their purchases into their bags furtively, and went off with downcast eyes."

Equivalent

unworldly

Variant

cloisteral

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

recluse

Same Context

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