Category:Carthusian

Car*thu"sian, n. Etym: [LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis, from the town of Chartreuse, in France.] (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.

carthusian Car*thu"sian, a.

Defn: Pertaining to the Carthusian.