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cloistral

/kloi-struhl/US // ˈklɔɪ strəl //UK // (ˈklɔɪstrəl) //

斗篷人,斗篷,斗牛士,梭罗

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or living in a cloister.
    • : cloisterlike.

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Examples

  • And from a thick maple on the edge of a clearing a hermit-thrush fluted slowly over and over his cloistral ecstasy.

  • But the rule was moral and academical, not cloistral or ascetic.

  • Their resolutions contemplated the abolition of secret masses, cloistral confinement, and other antiscriptural customs.

  • The iron grip has held cloistral Noyon that was only too content to be forgotten in its distinguished retirement.

  • They are like a jeweled cloistral screen around the Holy of Holies.