1. To surround with a cloister, as of a garden: "The family moved to a new residence that was cloistered with beautiful gardens."
2. To seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister: "Just about every working day, she was cloistering herself in her office because she had so much work to do."

1. Separated from the rest of the world: "The artist lead a private, cloistered life in the mountains."
2. A reference to being protected from the problems and concerns of daily life: "The two families spent most of their lives cloistered on their farms providing for their children and their elderly parents."