CARTHUSIAN


Meaning of CARTHUSIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kär-ˈthü-zhən, -ˈthyü- ]

noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin Cartusiensis, from Cartusia Chartreuse, motherhouse of the Carthusian order, near Grenoble, France

Date: 1526

: a member of an ascetic contemplative religious order founded by St. Bruno in 1084

• Carthusian adjective

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