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Meaning of CLOISTRAL

Pronunciation:  'kloystrul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
 
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 Synonyms: cloistered, conventual, monastic, monastical, unworldly
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Clois"tral\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.
[Written also {cloisteral}.]
      Best become a cloistral exercise.        --Daniel.
 

 

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