Carthusian

[ kahr-thoo-zhuhn ]

noun

1. a member of a monastic order founded by St. Bruno in 1086 near Grenoble, France.

adjective

1. pertaining to the Carthusians.

Carthusian

/ kɑːˈθjuːzɪən /

noun

1. RC Church
   1. a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
   2. ( as modifier )

      a Carthusian monastery

Word History and Origins

Origin of Carthusian¹

1520–30; < Medieval Latin Cartusiānus, by metathesis from Catursiānus, after Catursiānī ( montēs ) district in Dauphiné where the order was founded

Word History and Origins

Origin of Carthusian¹

C14: from Medieval Latin Carthusianus, from Latin Carthusia Chartreuse, near Grenoble

Example Sentences

Many a time they had to eat bread as hard as ship-biscuits, and content themselves with real Carthusian dinners.

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These monks were also known as the Chartreusers, or Carthusian Monks.

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This life has been conserved and enriched with notes by the Carthusian of Siena, Bartholommeo, in 1619.

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He fled to the Carthusian convent, but was again sent back to that of the Dominicans.

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A poor countryman of my own, a Carthusian, brought him, and took him back again to the college.

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