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Carthusian
[ kahr-thoo-zhuhn ]
noun
- a member of a monastic order founded by St. Bruno in 1086 near Grenoble, France.
adjective
- pertaining to the Carthusians.
Carthusian
/ kɑːˈθjuːzɪən /
noun
- RC Church
- a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- ( as modifier )
a Carthusian monastery
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Carthusian1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Carthusian1
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Example Sentences
Many a time they had to eat bread as hard as ship-biscuits, and content themselves with real Carthusian dinners.
These monks were also known as the Chartreusers, or Carthusian Monks.
This life has been conserved and enriched with notes by the Carthusian of Siena, Bartholommeo, in 1619.
He fled to the Carthusian convent, but was again sent back to that of the Dominicans.
A poor countryman of my own, a Carthusian, brought him, and took him back again to the college.
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