CLOISTRAL

cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical

(adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

cloistral (comparative more cloistral, superlative most cloistral)

Of, pertaining to, resembling or living in a cloister.

Synonym: claustral

Sheltered from the world; monastic.

Secluded.

Anagrams

• Castrillo

Source: Wiktionary


Clois"tral, a.

Definition: Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse. [Written also cloisteral.] Best become a cloistral exercise. Daniel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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