cloistral
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- uncloistral adjective
Etymology
Origin of cloistral
First recorded in 1595–1605; cloist(e)r + -al 1
Example Sentences
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And yet while Dylan’s lyrical gift is wild, copious, and immoderate, Cohen’s is precise, supplicatory and cloistral.
From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2016
Commissioned from Barragán by Mr. Prieto’s grandparents, Casa Prieto López is larger than the architect’s own house, more monumental, and is set amid cloistral walled gardens for which enchanted is no empty adjective.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2014
His prose was described by James Joyce's character Stephen Dedalus as "cloistral silverveined."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2010
Further conceptions of this sort he might well keep in the cloistral isolation of Columbia University, where he lectures on the Drama.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the triumph of the sun, and his priest, the white day lily of the cloistral leaf, worships in fragrance.
From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian
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