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Definition of cloisterer in English: cloisterernoun ˈklɔɪstərə archaic A person who lives in a cloister; a monk or nun. Example sentencesExamples - The General Prologue portrait calls attention to Huberd's grand and dignified appearance, so unlike a cloisterer's or a scholar's threadbare looks.
- It must be borne in mind that there were eight thousand cloisterers in England alone at the Dissolution.
- So long as cloisterers stayed in their cloisters, spending their lives in contemplation and prayer, they had grace in God's sight and in men's.
- I would to God, this were only the private misdevotion of some superstitious old wife, or some idle and silly cloisterer.
- Thou art a master when thou art at home; Nor starving cloisterer, nor novice there.
Synonyms brother, male member of a religious order, religious, contemplative
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