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Car⋅thu⋅sian

  [kahr-thoo-zhuhn] Roman Catholic Church
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–noun
1. a member of a monastic order founded by St. Bruno in 1086 near Grenoble, France.
–adjective
2. pertaining to the Carthusians.
Origin:
1520–30; < ML Cartusiānus, by metathesis from Catursiānus, after Catursiānī (montēs) district in Dauphiné where the order was founded
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Car·thu·sian   (kär-thōō'zhən)   
n.  A member of a contemplative order founded during the 11th century by Saint Bruno.
adj.  Of or relating to the Carthusian order.

[Medieval Latin Carthusiānus, from Cartusius.]
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Word Origin & History

Carthusian 
c.1394, from L. Cartusianus, in reference to an austere order of monks founded 1086 by St. Bruno at Chartreux, village in Dauphiné, France.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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