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Adjective cloistered has 2 senses

cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical - of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
Antonym: worldly (indirect, via unworldly)
cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered - providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
Antonym: public (indirect, via private)

Verb cloister has 2 senses

cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a garden
--₁ is one way to surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring

Derived form: noun cloister₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
cloister - seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"
--₂ is one way to isolate, insulate

Derived form: noun cloister₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody