Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a usually yellow or green liqueur.
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Examples
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The resulting creation was dubbed Chartreuse, a medicinal liquor which contains over 130 herbs and flowers.
Alkermes: The Scarlet Elixir Michelle Krell Kydd 2008
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The resulting creation was dubbed Chartreuse, a medicinal liquor which contains over 130 herbs and flowers.
Archive 2008-05-01 Michelle Krell Kydd 2008
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He received from Hugo, bishop of Grenoble, a site called Chartreuse from the color of the surrounding hills as a place of residence.
St. Bruno, priest Argent 2006
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Beauport has been called the Chartreuse of Brittany.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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The fundamental principle of Camaldoli and the Chartreuse is the same, namely, the combination of Western monasticism as embodied in St. Benedict's Rule with the eremitical life of the Egyptian solitaries.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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"The Chartreuse, which is not in the forest, but merely some hundred feet from it."
The Companions of Jehu Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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[130] The actual "Chartreuse" of Parma only makes its appearance on the very last page of the book, when the hero, resigning his arch bishopric, retires to it.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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This monastery is where the celebrated liquor, "Chartreuse", was manufactured, the basis of which is brandy, distilled flowers, and herbs.
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The roving is Abstract Fiber's "Chartreuse", from Abundant Yarn & Dyeworks.
A beautiful thing Presents 2009
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The roving is Abstract Fiber's "Chartreuse", from Abundant Yarn & Dyeworks.
Archive 2009-02-01 Presents 2009
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