cloistered

cloistered
/kloy"steuhrd/, adj.
1. secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
2. having a cloister or cloisters.
[1575-85; CLOISTER + -ED2]
Syn. 1. withdrawn, isolated, aloof, sequestered.

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