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klösterlich — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cloistered adj Living in seclusion, shut away from ordinary life.
  • friary noun A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.
  • monastic adj Relating to monasteries, monks, or a life of religious seclusion.

Senses

klösterlich is used for these senses in English:

  • cloistered Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence.
  • cloistral Of, pertaining to, resembling or living in a cloister.
  • cloistral Sheltered from the world; monastic.
  • friary Like a friar; relating to friars or to a convent.
  • monastic Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

cloistered — full definition

  1. adj Living in seclusion, shut away from ordinary life.
  2. adj Sheltered to the point of being naive about how the wider world works.

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