CLOISTRAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Synonyms:

cloistered; cloistral; conventual; monastic; monastical

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Adjectives

Similar:

unworldly (not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations)

Derivation:

cloister (residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery))

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