- Carthusian order
- nounan austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084• Hypernyms: ↑order, ↑monastic order• Member Meronyms: ↑Carthusian
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Carthusian Order, The — • The name is derived from the French chartreuse through the Latin cartusia, of which the English charterhouse is a corruption Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Carthusian order — Картезианский орден … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
The Carthusian Order — The Carthusian Order † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carthusian Order The name is derived from the French chartreuse through the Latin cartusia, of which the English charterhouse is a corruption. For the foundation of the order see the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Carthusian — Order Abbreviation O.Cart., Carthusians Motto Stat crux dum volvitur orbis … Wikipedia
Carthusian Martyrs — The Carthusian Martyrs were a group of monks of the London Charterhouse, the monastery of the Carthusian Order in central London, who were put to death by the English state from June 19, 1535 to September 20, 1537. The method of execution was… … Wikipedia
Carthusian — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin Cartusiensis, from Cartusia Chartreuse, motherhouse of the Carthusian order, near Grenoble, France Date: 1526 a member of an ascetic contemplative religious order founded by St. Bruno in 1084 • Carthusian adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Carthusian — Car·thu·si·an || kÉ‘Ë Î¸juËzjÉ™n adj. of the order of Carthusian monks (Catholicism) n. member of the Carthusian order of monks which was founded in France by St. Bruno (Catholicism) … English contemporary dictionary
Carthusian — ► NOUN ▪ a monk or nun of an austere contemplative order founded by St Bruno in 1084. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to this order. ORIGIN from Carthusia, the Latin name for Chartreuse in France, where the order was founded … English terms dictionary
Carthusian — Car*thu sian, n. [LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis, from the town of Chartreuse, in France.] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Carthusian — late 14c., from L. Cartusianus, in reference to an austere order of monks founded 1086 by St. Bruno at Chartreux, village in Dauphiné, France … Etymology dictionary
