cloistered

clois·ter  (kloistr)

n.

1. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle.

2.

a. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.

b. Life in a monastery or convent.

3. A secluded, quiet place.

tr.v. clois·tered, clois·ter·ing, clois·ters

1. To shut away from the world in or as if in a cloister; seclude.

2. To furnish (a building) with a cloister.

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[Middle English cloistre, from Old French, alteration (influenced by cloison, partition) of clostre, from Latin claustrum, enclosed place, from claudere, to close.]

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cloistered

Adjective

sheltered or protected

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cloistered - of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney
	2.	cloistered - providing privacy or seclusion; "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" sequestered, reclusive, secluded private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"

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cloistered

adjective sheltered, protected, restricted, shielded, confined, insulated, secluded, reclusive, shut off, sequestered, withdrawn, cloistral << OPPOSITE public