Charterhouse
Americannoun
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Charterhouses
plural
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a Carthusian monastery.
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the hospital and charitable institution founded in London, in 1611, on the site of a Carthusian monastery.
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the public school into which this hospital was converted.
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the modern heir of this school, now located in Surrey.
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Etymology
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
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For example, while Charterhouse UK displays a rainbow flag, the Nigeria school does not.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
Around 3,000 fragments of bones found at a cave system called Charterhouse Warren in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, were analysed by a team of archaeologists.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024
In 2000, his edition of Stendhal’s 19th century novel “The Charterhouse of Parma” was a surprise best-seller.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
A spokeswoman for the Charterhouse, a historic complex in London, confirmed that he died there at a care home but did not cite a cause.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2020
Educated at the Charterhouse and at Peterhouse, Cambridge, he passed as third wrangler, and was soon afterwards elected to a fellowship at Trinity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
The superiors of the Charterhouses are priors, not abbots, and the prior of the Grande Chartreuse is the superior general of the order.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Before the recent expulsions from France there were in all some 20 Charterhouses.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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