Cloister \Clois"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloistered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Cloistering}.]
   To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the
   world; to immure.
   
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         None among them are thought worthy to be styled
         religious persons but those that cloister themselves up
         in a monastery.                          --Sharp.
   
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Cloistered \Clois"tered\, a.
   1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. "Cloistered friars and
      vestal nuns." --Hudibras.
      
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            In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell,
            Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
                                                  --Shenstone.
      
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   2. Furnished with cloisters. --Sir H. Wotton.
      
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