1
[ adjective ] of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Synonyms

monastic conventual monastical cloistral

Related terms

unworldly

2
[ adjective ] providing privacy or seclusion

Synonyms

secluded sequestered reclusive

Examples

"the cloistered academic world of books" "sat close together in the sequestered pergola" "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree" 'a secluded romantic spot"

Related terms

private

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Rhymes with

clustered plastered flustered blistered stirred custard cluttered sequestered lettered littered fostered mastered bustard mustard mustered bastard pestered uncluttered scattered tutored tattered splattered registered unregistered altered shattered shuttered splintered spattered uttered battered petard centered sheltered fettered watered neutered unaltered chartered unfettered unchartered interred undeterred

Phonetic and Homophones

K L OY1 S T ER0 D

Similar Spelling

cloister clustered clyster cluster clostridia clostridium Cleistes cloistral claystone claustrum clustering cliched

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