Home › Words › E › encloisterencloisterencloister means to shut away in a cloister.EtymologyFrom en- + cloister.verbTo shut away in a cloister.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.claustration 77% match — Shutting up or enclosing, usually in a religious cloister. vs encloister →cloistered 75% match — Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary. vs encloister →cloisterer 75% match — One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse. vs encloister →cloister 72% match — A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:; such an arcade in a monastery; vs encloister →cloisterlike 71% match — Resembling or characteristic of a cloister. vs encloister →cloisterly 71% match — Characteristic of, or suitable for, a cloister. vs encloister →cloistral 71% match — Of, pertaining to, resembling or living in a cloister. vs encloister →encloak 71% match — To cloak, cover, or conceal. vs encloister →