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Definition: Cloistered |
CloisteredAdjective1. Of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows. 2. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cloistered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
Synonyms: CloisteredSynonyms: cloistral (adj), conventual (adj), monastic (adj), monastical (adj), reclusive (adj), secluded (adj), sequestered (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Temple | Adjective: claustral, cloistered; monastic, monasterial; conventual. |
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Crosswords: Cloistered |
| English words defined with "cloistered": cloister ♦ reclusive ♦ secluded, sequestered. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Cloistered (1936) | |
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Three Voices | Carroll, Lewis | While, like broad waves of golden grain, Or sunlit hues on cloistered pane, His colour came and went again. |
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Women | Niger | Among the Hausa and Peul ethnic groups in the east, some women are cloistered and may leave their homes only if escorted by a male and usually only after dark. (references) |
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| "Cloistered" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 68.75% of the time. "Cloistered" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 68.75% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 15.63% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 12.5% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.13% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 32 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cloistered nun | 22 |
cloistered nun story | 2 |
cloistered convent | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "cloistered"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i vetmuar (bleak, desolate, eremitic, lone, lonely, lonesome, out of the way, private, privy, recluse, remote, retired, secluded, solitary), i mbyllur në manastir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هادئ (calm, composed, cool, dispassionate, easygoing, even, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, peaceable, peaceful, piping, placid, possessed, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, self possessed, serene, sober, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, windless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отшелнически (anchoretic, eremitic), затворен в манастир. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | calme, isolé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | abgeschieden (departed, isolated, secluded, solitary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kolostorba vonult. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 院" (government by cloistered emperors), 院宣 (decree of cloistered emperor, imperial command). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | い"ぜ" (decree of cloistered emperor, imperial command, latent power, reality, secret), い"せい (falling star, government by cloistered emperors, graduate student, meteor, negative, prosperity, secluded life, unsettledweather), い"せ" (decree of cloistered emperor, hidden line, imperial command). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oisteredclay sozinho (all alone, alone, lone, lonely, mysterious, one sided, single handed, sole, solitary, unaided, unassisted, unattended), solitário (alone, desolate, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn, recluse, secluded, sole, solitaire, solitary, unfrequented, wild), só (alone, barely, but, exclusively, just, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorry, mere, only, only a few, single, sole, solitary), recluso (recluse), isolado (alone, cloistral, insulated, insulin, isolated, lone, lonesome, particular, recluse, secluded, separate, sequestered, sole, solitary, special, sporadic, straggling, strayed), ermo (bleak, cloistral, desert, devastated, dreary, free for all, gaunt, lone, solitary, solitude, unfrequented, waste, wild), enclausurado. (various references) окруженный аркадами, заточенный. (various references) zatvoren (closed, confined, jailed, landlocked, not public, reserved, unopened). (various references) conventual. (various references) pelar- (columnar, columned). (various references) manastırla ilgili, kapalı (backhanded, close, closed, cloudy, cloudyly, covered, enclosed, Gray, grey, impenetrable, indoor, muggy, murky, off, overcast, privy, sable, sealed, secluded, shut, skyless, sullen, unopened). (various references) усамітнений (lonesome, secluded, sequestered, withdrawn), самітний (alone, close, desolate, friendless, lone, private, privy, single, singular, solitary, widowed), оточений аркадами, засланий у монастир (cloistral). (various references) tu, ở tu viện có h nh lang bao quanh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Cloistered" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coistered. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cloistered" (pronounced kloy"sterd) |
| 4 | -s t er d | administered, bastard, blistered, bolstered, bustard, clustered, custard, festered, filibustered, flustered, fostered, mastered, mustard, mustered, pestered, plastered, registered, sequestered, unregistered, upholstered. |
| 3 | -t er d | altered, bantered, bartered, battered, bettered, buttered, catered, centered, chartered, cluttered, countered, cratered, doctored, embittered, encountered, entered, factored, faltered, fettered, filtered, flattered, fluttered, frittered, glittered, guttered, headquartered, lettered, littered, martyred, mattered, mentored, metered, monitored, muttered, neutered, pattered, petard, petered, reentered, scattered, shattered, sheltered, shuttered, slaughtered, spattered, splattered, splintered, sputtered, tattered, teetered, tutored, unaltered, unchartered, uncluttered, unfettered, unfiltered, uttered, watered, wintered. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-l-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: creolised, derelicts, dolerites. | |
-2 letters: cloister, closeted, coistrel, cordites, corselet, corseted, costlier, coteries, creolise, derelict, desertic, discreet, discrete, dolerite, electors, electros, escorted, esoteric, loitered, recoiled, relisted, reticles, sclereid, sclerite, scleroid, sectored, selector, stolider, tiercels, triscele. | |
-3 letters: ceilers, cerites, cestode, cestoid, citoles, clerids, coedits, coesite, coilers, coldest, colters, cordite, corslet, costrel, coterie, credits, creoles, crested. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-l-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: sclerotized. | |
+2 letters: derelictions. | |
+3 letters: considerately, coresidential, decelerations, dechlorinates, directionless, predilections, reconsolidate, tredecillions, valedictories. | |
+4 letters: diverticuloses, electrodeposit, overidealistic, reconsolidated, reconsolidates, rediscountable, tetrachlorides, trinucleotides. | |
+5 letters: adrenalectomies, countermelodies, dichloroethanes, electrodeposits, electrodialyses, electrodialysis, electrodynamics, inconsiderately, interelectrodes, microelectrodes, ribonucleotides. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 6F 69 73 74 65 72 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. --- .. ... - . .-. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01101111 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l o i s t e r e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 006F 0069 0073 0074 0065 0072 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37788175858671847170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabe, arabisch, arab, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulgare, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, français, französisch, francia, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, német, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japonés, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець, người Nhật bản tiếng Nhật bản |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, orosz, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, angol, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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