carthusian
IPA: kˈɑrθuziʌn
Root Word: Carthusian
noun
- A member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084.
- A pupil of Charterhouse School (founded in a Carthusian monastery)
adjective
- Of, or relating to this order.
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Examples of "carthusian" in Sentences
- They constitute the group known as the Carthusian Martyrs.
- The Carthusian rite is in use in a version revised in 1981.
- Carthusian Day is the main social event of the school calendar.
- The charterhouse has remained a Carthusian monastery to this day.
- A charterhouse is any monastery belonging to the Carthusian order.
- Hugh was also instrumental in the foundation of the Carthusian Order.
- He helped decorate the cupola of the Church in the Carthusian monastery.
- In 1466 the village came the rule of the Carthusian monastery at Ittingen.
- Later, he was in the carthusian monastery of Montalegre, but for a short time.
- It was the third of nine houses of the Carthusian order established in England.