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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequesteredadjective

    providing privacy or seclusion

    "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"

  2. sequesteredadjective

    kept separate and secluded

    "a sequestered jury"

Wiktionary

  1. sequesteredadjective

    Something that has already been separated.

ChatGPT

  1. sequestered

    Sequestered generally refers to the act of isolating or hiding away something or someone from the outside world. It can mean setting aside resources or property, often in legal context, or referring to a place that is quiet, private, and away from people. In legal cases, it can also refer to a jury being kept apart from outside influences. In biology, it can mean the absorption and storage of a particular substance. The term suggests a sense of detachment or separation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sequestered

    of Sequester

  2. Sequesteredadjective

    retired; secluded

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sequestered in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sequestered in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sequestered in a Sentence

  1. James Butts:

    These are sociopathic killers that have to be sequestered from society, turn yourselves in. We will find you, and we will prosecute you.

  2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

    The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

  3. President Biden:

    They’re a good family and they’re calling for peace and tranquility no matter what that verdict is, i’m praying the verdict is the right verdict. I think it’s overwhelming, in my view. I wouldn’t say that unless the jury was sequestered now.

  4. Fausto Moscatelli:

    My client is a collector and they sequestered weapons that were in his home. These weapons were not registered, but they were not connected to terrorism, there was a misunderstanding with the Nazi paraphernalia, he also had fascist and USSR paraphernalia, but they( the police) only took things with swastikas.

  5. Washington Irving:

    The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or pure English, undefiled wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.

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