Definition of carthusian Carthusian
Car•thu•si•an
We found 8 definitions of carthusian from 4 different sources.
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What does carthusian mean?
WordNet
Wiktionary 
- carthusian (Noun)
A member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by of Cologne:St Bruno of Cologne St Bruno in 1084. - carthusian (Noun)
A pupil of Charterhouse School . - carthusian (Adjective)
Of, or relating to this order.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- carthusian (n.)
A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086. - carthusian (a.)
Pertaining to the Carthusian.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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carthusian
kar-thū′zi-an, n. one of an order of monks founded by St Bruno in 1086, noted for their strictness: a scholar of the Charterhouse School.—adj. of or pertaining to the order. [L. Cartusianus—Catorissium, Chatrousse, a village in Dauphiné, near which their first monastery was founded.]
