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Cloistering - English meaning

Cloistering – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.

Usage examples:

The monastery was where the brothers would cloister themselves to meditate

Synonims:

ConfineIsolateShut awaySequesterSecludeCloset
noun

A covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a colonnade open to a quadrangle on one side.

Usage examples:

The shadowed cloisters of the convent

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修道, 寺院

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Kloostergang, Afzonderen, Kloosteren

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Cloître

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Klausur

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मठवास, समाज से दूर रहना, मठ में बांध देना

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Clausura

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회랑, 수도원에 가두다, 들어박히다

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Замкнутость, Заточать в монастырь, Уединяться

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Enclaustramiento, Enclaustrar, Realizar claustro

Word origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘place of religious seclusion’): from Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum, clostrum ‘lock, enclosed place’, from claudere, ‘to close’.

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Cloistering – similar words

cloisterer

noun

A person who lives in a cloister; a monk or nun.

Usage examples:

The general prologue portrait calls attention to huberd's grand and dignified appearance, so unlike…
Cloisterer - all meanings in English

cloistered

adjective

Enclosed by or having a cloister.

Usage examples:

A cloistered walkway
verb

Seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.

Usage examples:

The monastery was where the brothers would cloister themselves to meditate
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cloister

noun

A covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a colonnade open to a quadrangle on one side.

Usage examples:

The shadowed cloisters of the convent
verb

Seclude or shut up in a convent or monastery.

Usage examples:

The monastery was where the brothers would cloister themselves to meditate
Cloister - all meanings in English

Cloistering synonims

closet

noun

A tall cupboard or wardrobe with a door, used for storage.

Usage examples:

He has a closet full of designer suits
adjective

Secret; covert.

Usage examples:

A closet smoker
verb

Shut (someone) away, especially in private conference or study.

Usage examples:

He was closeted with the king
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confine

verb

Keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time).

Usage examples:

He does not confine his message to high politics
noun

The borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement.

Usage examples:

Within the confines of the hall escape was difficult
verb

To keep someone or something within limits

Usage examples:

The animals were confined in a large pen., harris does not confine her stage work to broadway., can…
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isolate

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

Usage examples:

A country which is isolated from the rest of the world
noun

A person or thing that has been or become isolated.

Usage examples:

Social isolates often become careless of their own welfare
verb

Place or set apart

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seclude

verb

Keep (someone) away from other people.

Usage examples:

I secluded myself up here for a life of study and meditation
verb

To keep someone or something away from other people or things

Usage examples:

Typically, the bride would seclude herself in another room.
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sequester

verb

Isolate or hide away.

Usage examples:

She is sequestered in deepest dorset
noun

Another term for sequestrate.

Usage examples:

Their property was sequestered by parliament
verb

To keep the people on a jury (= group deciding a legal case) separate from everyone else, even from their families, while deciding a case

Usage examples:

The judge refused to have the jury sequestered.
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shut away

phrasal verb

Keep someone or something inside a place so as not to be seen or contacted by other people.

Usage examples:

Annabelle was shut away in the library for most of the day with a pile of books
phrasal verb

To put a person in a place that they are not allowed or able to leave

Usage examples:

He was ten years old when he was shut away for stealing an apple., the diamonds are shut away in a …
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