C2adjectiveformalsocietyhistory
US/ˈklɔɪ.stərd/
UK/ˈklɔɪ.stəd/
living away from ordinary life, protected from the outside world
In context
She grew up in a cloistered family and rarely met other children.
The professor led a cloistered life among his books and old letters.
The nuns lived in a cloistered community behind high stone walls.
Words that go with cloistered
adjective + noun
- cloistered lifeHe gave up his cloistered life and moved to the capital.
- cloistered existenceHer cloistered existence ended when she started university.
- cloistered worldScientists sometimes live in a cloistered world of their own.
- cloistered environmentStudents need to leave the cloistered environment of the campus.
- cloistered communityThe cloistered community prays seven times a day.
- cloistered upbringingHer cloistered upbringing left her shy with strangers.