charterhouse

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C0255600 (chär′tər-hous′)n. A Carthusian monastery.

[Middle English charterhous, by folk etymology from Anglo-Norman chartrouse, from Old French (maison) chartreuse, Carthusian (house), feminine of chartreus, Carthusian, variant of charteus, from Medieval Latin cartusius.]

Charterhouse

(ˈtʃɑːtəˌhaʊs) n (Roman Catholic Church) a Carthusian monastery[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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(ˈtʃɑr tərˌhaʊs)

n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz) a Carthusian monastery. [1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French chartrouse]

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charterhouse - a Carthusian monastery monastery - the residence of a religious community

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[Fr.,=Chartreuse], in London, England, once a Carthusian monastery (founded 1371), later a hospital for old men and then a school for boys, endowed in 1611. The school, which became a large public school, was removed (1872) to Godalming, Surrey. W. M. ThackerayThackeray, William Makepeace
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