cloistered

English Thesaurus

1. providing privacy or seclusion (adj.all)

similar	:	private,
definition	:	confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy (adj.all)

2. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (adj.all)

similar	:	unworldly,
definition	:	not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations (adj.all)

3. providing privacy or seclusion (adj.all)

derivation	:	reclusiveness,
definition	:	a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation (noun.attribute)

4. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (adj.all)

derivation	:	convent,
definition	:	a religious residence especially for nuns (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cloister, religious residence,
definition	:	residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	convent,
definition	:	a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together (noun.group)

derivation	:	monastic, monk,
definition	:	a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work (noun.person)

5. providing privacy or seclusion (adj.all)

derivation	:	reclusiveness,
definition	:	a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation (noun.attribute)

6. of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows (adj.all)

derivation	:	convent,
definition	:	a religious residence especially for nuns (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	cloister, religious residence,
definition	:	residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	convent,
definition	:	a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together (noun.group)

derivation	:	monastic, monk,
definition	:	a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work (noun.person)