CLOISTER (2)

cloister (2). Cloister, v.t. to shut up in a cloister, to confine

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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. None among them are thought worthy to be styled religious persons but those that cloister themselves up in a monastery. Sharp.