Charterhouse

[ chahr-ter-hous ]

/ ˈtʃɑr tərˌhaʊs /

noun, plural Char·ter·hous·es [chahr-ter-hou-ziz]. /ˈtʃɑr tərˌhaʊ zɪz/.

a Carthusian monastery.

the hospital and charitable institution founded in London, in 1611, on the site of a Carthusian monastery.

the public school into which this hospital was converted.

the modern heir of this school, now located in Surrey.

Origin of Charterhouse

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French chartrouse (taken as charter + house), after Chatrousse, a village in Dauphiné near which the order was founded; see Carthusian, whence the first r of the Anglo-French word

Words nearby Charterhouse

chartered club, chartered engineer, chartered librarian, chartered surveyor, chartered teacher, Charterhouse, Charteris, charter member, Charter of Rights, charter party, charter school

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Example sentences from the Web for Charterhouse

The last five years of his life were spent in a comfortable asylum, as "a poor brother of the Charterhouse."
Notes and Queries, Number 49, Saturday, Oct. 5, 1850|Various
The London Charterhouse, with which we are immediately concerned, was the fourth house of the order established in England.
Memorials of Old London|Various
Charterhouse is the name; the buildings are not yet forty years old.
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker
Of late years, perhaps, Charterhouse has drained away some of the supply of future Abbots and Onslows.
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker

He appears in the Charterhouse records for the year 1822 as a boy on the tenth form.
Thackerayana|William Makepeace Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for Charterhouse

Charterhouse

/ (ˈtʃɑːtəˌhaʊs) /

noun

a Carthusian monastery

Word Origin for Charterhouse

C16: changed by folk etymology from Anglo-French chartrouse, after Chartosse (now Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse), village near Grenoble, France, the original home of the Carthusian order

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单词	charterhouse
释义	Charterhouse [ chahr-ter-hous ] / ˈtʃɑr tərˌhaʊs / noun, plural Char·ter·hous·es [chahr-ter-hou-ziz]. /ˈtʃɑr tərˌhaʊ zɪz/. a Carthusian monastery. the hospital and charitable institution founded in London, in 1611, on the site of a Carthusian monastery. the public school into which this hospital was converted. the modern heir of this school, now located in Surrey. Origin of Charterhouse First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Anglo-French chartrouse (taken as charter + house), after Chatrousse, a village in Dauphiné near which the order was founded; see Carthusian, whence the first r of the Anglo-French word Words nearby Charterhouse chartered club, chartered engineer, chartered librarian, chartered surveyor, chartered teacher, Charterhouse, Charteris, charter member, Charter of Rights, charter party, charter school Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Charterhouse The last five years of his life were spent in a comfortable asylum, as "a poor brother of the Charterhouse." Notes and Queries, Number 49, Saturday, Oct. 5, 1850\|Various The London Charterhouse, with which we are immediately concerned, was the fourth house of the order established in England. Memorials of Old London\|Various Charterhouse is the name; the buildings are not yet forty years old. Highways and Byways in Surrey\|Eric Parker Of late years, perhaps, Charterhouse has drained away some of the supply of future Abbots and Onslows. Highways and Byways in Surrey\|Eric Parker He appears in the Charterhouse records for the year 1822 as a boy on the tenth form. Thackerayana\|William Makepeace Thackeray British Dictionary definitions for Charterhouse Charterhouse / (ˈtʃɑːtəˌhaʊs) / noun a Carthusian monastery Word Origin for Charterhouse C16: changed by folk etymology from Anglo-French chartrouse, after Chartosse (now Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse), village near Grenoble, France, the original home of the Carthusian order Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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