providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you. the cloistered world of royalty. = sheltered
A square or rectangular courtyard sometimes with gardens, surrounded on all sides by a vaulted arcade Typically devoted to spiritual contemplation or scholarly reflection, a cloister is usually part of a monastery, a church, or occasionally a university
A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral. Four-sided enclosure surrounded by covered walkways and usually attached to a monastic or cathedral church; also, the walkways themselves. The earliest cloisters were open arcades, usually with sloping wooden roofs. This form was generally superseded in England by a range of windows lighting a vaulted ambulatory (aisle). In southern climates, the open-arcaded cloister remained standard. An especially fine example is Donato Bramante's two-story open arcade at Santa Maria della Pace, Rome (1500-4)
Part of a monastery; a quadrangle surrounded by covered passages It connects the domestic parts of the monastery with the church Usually located on the south side of the church Other parts of monastery: chapter house, refectory, scriptorium
a covered stone passage around the 4 sites of a courtyard (a square or rectangular space), especially in a religious building such as a church or monastery