CHARTERHOUSE


Meaning of CHARTERHOUSE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: by folk etymology from Middle French chartrouse, from Old French, from Chartreuse, Chartrouse (now Saint-Pierre-de- Chartreuse ), locality near Grenoble, France, the site of the first Carthusian monastery

: a Carthusian monastery

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