cloistral

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin claustrālis (“of the cloister”), probably via Middle French cloistral. Doublet of claustral.

In classic literature

Synonyms

cloistered, conventual, monastic, monastical

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