cloisterlyadj.
/ˈklɔɪstəli/ Proper to, or of the nature of, a cloister.
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monklyOE
monastical1402
monasterialc1443
claustralc1449
cloistrosec1449
monkish1536
monastic1563
abbey-like1570
cloisterly1570
cloistered1581
cloistral1606
monachal1607
monasterical1651
monial1656
society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > [adjective]
abbatial1445
claustralc1449
abbatical1655
cloistral1844
cloisterly1853
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 349/2 Elisabeth..entred ye profession of cloysterly religion, and made her selfe a nonne.
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 73 Good plaine rude cloisterly stuffe.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxvii. 270 By the cloisterly Temple, and by Whitefriars.
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