Cloistered - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈklɔɪstərd|  American pronunciation of the word cloistered
Brit.  |ˈklɔɪstəd|  British pronunciation of the word cloistered

adjective

- of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (syn: cloistral, conventual, monastic)
- providing privacy or seclusion (syn: secluded, sequestered)
the cloistered academic world of books

Extra examples

She leads a private, cloistered life in the country.

He spent most of his adult life cloistered in universities.

Academics lead a cloistered life.

...the cloistered and privileged world inhabited by the students in that suburban academe...

She cloistered herself in the office

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