cloistering

There is something of majesty on "laying one's self down with a will," and there is something of strength in cloistering the body for the spirit's health's sake, but to die when all within is warm and clamorous for life is terrible.

The Kempton-Wace Letters 2010

They need to have strength of character to overcome but also understand there is world waiting to catch them off guard (including in the church) and they need to be prepared! ... especially for the psycho-babylon that is going around "cloistering" girls together in one lump sum with ridiculous answers that are not found in scripture.

Arranged 2008

Perhaps because I'm a lapsed Catholic who was taught by nuns, and as an adult have interviewed women who prefer the convent and vow of chastity, I've learned something of the utility and defense that something like a veil, habit of dress, and separate habitation, if not outright cloistering, affords women who wish not to be sexually objectified by commercial and sexual interests.

G. Roger Denson: Shirin Neshat: Artist of the Decade G. Roger Denson 2010

Perhaps because I'm a lapsed Catholic who was taught by nuns, and as an adult have interviewed women who prefer the convent and vow of chastity, I've learned something of the utility and defense that something like a veil, habit of dress, and separate habitation, if not outright cloistering, affords women who wish not to be sexually objectified by commercial and sexual interests.

G. Roger Denson: Shirin Neshat: Artist of the Decade G. Roger Denson 2010

By arguing that the debates should be delayed, complaining about bias, and virtually cloistering Sarah Palin, the McCain campaign is showing that it is, for whatever reason, afraid of the press.

Why Is the McCain Campaign Afraid of the Press? | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2008

Perhaps because I'm a lapsed Catholic who was taught by nuns, and as an adult have interviewed women who prefer the convent and vow of chastity, I've learned something of the utility and defense that something like a veil, habit of dress, and separate habitation, if not outright cloistering, affords women who wish not to be sexually objectified by commercial and sexual interests.

G. Roger Denson: Shirin Neshat: Artist of the Decade G. Roger Denson 2010

Neon Bible, Arcade Fire's second album, gave that fear a name, as the band drew inspiration from religion and the cloistering hypocrisy it seemed to represent.

Arcade Fire discover beauty within the darkness of The Suburbs 2010

The males must have been secretive about them, cloistering them all these years.

Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

In the 60-second version, we'll probably hear about nations nattering, tyrants tittering, liberals limpening, clergy cloistering, and Democrats dawdling.

New Rudy Ad: He Was Stronger Than The Rest Of The World On 9/11 2009

Mrs. Clinton said she had sought fresh voices; mindful that previous secretaries of state have been criticized for cloistering themselves on the building's seventh floor, she has made a point of dropping in at its bureaus.

Taylor Marsh: Hillary Learns a Lesson 2009