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Reclusive vs Cloister - What's the difference?

reclusive | cloister |

As an adjective reclusive

is of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.

As a noun cloister is

a covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially.

As a verb cloister is

to become a Roman Catholic religious.

reclusive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
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  • And if it sort not well, you may conceal her,
    As best befits her wounded reputation,
    In some reclusive and religious life,
    Out of all eyes, tongues, minds and injuries.

    Synonyms

    * hermit-like * withdrawn

    cloister

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cloistre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
  • # such arcade in a monastery
  • # such arcade fitted with representations of the stages of Christ's Passion
  • A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
  • (figuratively) The monastic life
  • Derived terms

    * cloistral

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To become a Roman Catholic religious.
  • To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
  • To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
  • To provide with (a) cloister(s).
  • ''The architect cloistered the college just like the monastery which founded it
  • To protect or isolate.
  • Synonyms

    * (become a Catholic religious) enter religion

    Derived terms

    * cloistered * cloisterer

    See also

    * abbey * hermitage * monastery * nunnery

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