Charterhouse

[ chahr-ter-hous ]

noun

, plural Char·ter·hous·es [chahr, -ter-hou-ziz].

1. a Carthusian monastery.
2. the hospital and charitable institution founded in London, in 1611, on the site of a Carthusian monastery.
3. the public school into which this hospital was converted.
4. the modern heir of this school, now located in Surrey.

Charterhouse

/ ˈtʃɑːtəˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a Carthusian monastery

Word History and Origins

Origin of Charterhouse¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French chartrouse (taken as charter + house ), after Chatrousse, a village in Dauphiné near which the order was founded; Carthusian, whence the first r of the Anglo-French word

Word History and Origins

Origin of Charterhouse¹

C16: changed by folk etymology from Anglo-French chartrouse, after Chartosse (now Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse), village near Grenoble, France, the original home of the Carthusian order

Example Sentences

Leech, the caricaturist,—one of the most absurdly over-rated men of this century,—was at Charterhouse from 1825 to 1831.

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At 1871 these parishes had nearly all been included in various unions, only the four Inns of Court and the Charterhouse remaining.

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The whole of the Charterhouse breathes the old man's spirit; is perambulated by his frail ghost, the shadow of a Grey Friar.

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But you must not linger in Charterhouse Square; time is passing, and the archway leading to the ancient sanctuary invites you.

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The many rambling courts and low buildings of the Charterhouse are, no doubt, puzzling on a first visit.

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