Carthusian

American  

[kahr-thoo-zhuhn] / kɑrˈθu ʒən /

noun

1. a member of a monastic order founded by St. Bruno in 1086 near Grenoble, France.

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adjective

1. pertaining to the Carthusians.

Carthusian British  

/ kɑːˈθjuːzɪən /

noun

1. RC Church

   1. a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France

   2. ( as modifier )

      a Carthusian monastery

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Etymology

Origin of Carthusian

1520–30; < Medieval Latin Cartusiānus, by metathesis from Catursiānus, after Catursiānī ( montēs ) district in Dauphiné where the order was founded

Example Sentences

In 1840, your Carthusian brothers will develop two formulas: the more bracing, higher-alcohol, green Chartreuse, and the softer, smoother yellow version.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022

An odd five-page digression follows, in which the narrator imagines the human brain as a Carthusian monastery, with monks in charge of preserving memories.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2018

I admit that my desire to learn about génépi sprang partly from interest in Chartreuse, the complex herbal liqueur that has been produced for centuries by secretive Carthusian monks.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2016

While Carthusian monks take vows of secrecy to protect their recipes, it seems unlikely that they also take vows of poverty.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2013

Charterhouse, ch�rt′ėr-hows, n. a Carthusian monastery: the famous hospital and school instituted in London in 1611, on the site of a Carthusian monastery—now transferred—the 'masterpiece of Protestant English charity' in Fuller's phrase.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various