cloistered
Adjective

cloistered

  1. Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
    • Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.
    • In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
  2. isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence
  3. naive, lacking in worldliness
  4. Furnished with cloisters.
Verb
  1. Simple past tense and past participle of cloister



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