CARTHUSIAN


Meaning of CARTHUSIAN in English

[Car.thu.sian] n [ML Cartusiensis, fr. Cartusia Chartreuse, motherhouse of the Carthusian order, near Grenoble, France] (1526): a member of an ascetic contemplative religious order founded by St. Bruno in 1084 -- Carthusian adj

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