cloistered

/ˈklɔɪstərd/
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Definitions of cloistered
  1. adjective
    providing privacy or seclusion
    “the cloistered academic world of books”
    synonyms: reclusive, secluded, sequestered
    private
    confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
  2. adjective
    of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
    synonyms: cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical
    unworldly
    not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
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