/kahr thooh"zheuhn/ , Rom. Cath. Ch.
n.
1. a member of a monastic order founded by St. Bruno in 1086 near Grenoble, France.
adj.
2. pertaining to the Carthusians.
[ 1520-30; Cartusianus, by metathesis from Catursianus, after Catursiani ( montes ) district in Dauphiné where the order was founded ]