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cloistral

adjective as in cloistered

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Example Sentences

And from a thick maple on the edge of a clearing a hermit-thrush fluted slowly over and over his cloistral ecstasy.

But the rule was moral and academical, not cloistral or ascetic.

Their resolutions contemplated the abolition of secret masses, cloistral confinement, and other antiscriptural customs.

The iron grip has held cloistral Noyon that was only too content to be forgotten in its distinguished retirement.

They are like a jeweled cloistral screen around the Holy of Holies.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cloistral, such as: reclusive, sheltered, confined, hidden, insulated, and restricted.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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