English Explanatory Dictionary

cloistral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling or living in a cloister.
  2. Sheltered from the world; monastic.
  3. Secluded.

Word forms

cloistral more cloistral most cloistral cloisteral cloysteral cloystral

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin claustrālis (“of the cloister”), probably via Middle French cloistral. Doublet of claustral.

Synonyms

claustral

Derived words

uncloistral
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