"He's the kind of person that you might suppose gave the Catholics a hint for the cloistral life; he's a cloistered nature-the nature that atones and suffers for.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells
It was the strong-room of the milk; and, when the grim old guardian of the dairy unlocked the door, with a sound of rusty locks and falling bolts, there, cool and cloistral, were the fragrant pans and bowls, the most sacred vessels of the farm.
"October Vagabonds"
Richard Le Gallienne
Crimsoned above the water glimmered the monster-haunted rock itself, and mid-channel beyond, flat and black to the stream, stretched the Nuns' Isle in cloistral peace.
"The Short Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009