Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a contemplative Roman Catholic order founded during the 11th century by Saint Bruno.
- adjective Of or relating to the Carthusian order.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a contemplative order of monks founded in 1086 by St. Bruno in the Grande Chartreuse, a wild mountain group in the diocese of Grenoble in France.
- noun A scholar of the Charterhouse in London. See
Charterhouse . - Pertaining to the order of monks above named.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to the Carthusian.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of a
Christian contemplative order ofmonks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084. - noun A
pupil of Charterhouse School (founded in a Carthusian monastery) - adjective Of, or relating to this order.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the Carthusian order
- noun a member of the Carthusian order
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tell him how our father-prior of the Carthusian is going on, in order that I may be able to write to him about our affairs.
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Sister Margaret, commonly called the Carthusian nun, was the name of the singular woman who was chosen to be my teacher.
Margery — Volume 01 Georg Ebers 1867
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Sister Margaret, commonly called the Carthusian nun, was the name of the singular woman who was chosen to be my teacher.
Margery — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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Sister Margaret, commonly called the Carthusian nun, was the name of the singular woman who was chosen to be my teacher.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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"Carthusian," and afterwards re-published in Murray's "Reading for the
The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868
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Someone poured several shots of green Chartreuse, a French liqueur made by Carthusian Monks since the 1740s.
Audarshia Townsend: Lushing Out With LUPEC Audarshia Townsend 2011
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Into Great Silence 2005- In this intimate doc, we get a never-before-seen glimpse of the daily lives and rituals of the Grande Chartreuse, an 11th-century monastery inhabited by modern-day Carthusian monks, whose vows of silence and poverty guide them to states of profound inner holiness.
John Farr: Getting Religion: The Ten Best Films on Faith John Farr 2011
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Into Great Silence 2005- In this intimate doc, we get a never-before-seen glimpse of the daily lives and rituals of the Grande Chartreuse, an 11th-century monastery inhabited by modern-day Carthusian monks, whose vows of silence and poverty guide them to states of profound inner holiness.
John Farr: Getting Religion: The Ten Best Films on Faith John Farr 2011
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In September, the Nelson Chan Property Trust bought Carthusian Court, a 31,031-square-foot development, for £11.65 million from the Chamber of Shipping.
Rail Work Puts London on Track for Property Gains Anita Likus 2012
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Someone poured several shots of green Chartreuse, a French liqueur made by Carthusian Monks since the 1740s.
Audarshia Townsend: Lushing Out With LUPEC Audarshia Townsend 2011
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