Carthusian

[ kahr-thoo-zhuh n ]

/ kɑrˈθu ʒən /

Roman Catholic Church

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

pertaining to the Carthusians.

Origin of Carthusian

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

His remains were removed to the Carthusian Monastery, in Seville, in 1513.

Cuba, Old and New |Albert Gardner Robinson
Afterwards he rubs it with salt, and whilst he is eating it is as silent as a Carthusian.

The Covenant of Salt |Henry Clay Trumbull
Several monasteries were endowed by these kings, among them houses of Carthusian monks and Sion, as mentioned above.

Woman under Monasticism |Lina Eckenstein
On its right bank (about three miles on the road to Medina Sidonia) stands a Carthusian convent of some note.

Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, v. 2/2 |Charles Rochfort Scott

He was first a regular canon, and after became a Carthusian moonke.

Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (7 of 12) |Raphael Holinshed

Carthusian

/ (kɑːˈθjuːzɪən) /

RC Church

a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
(as modifier)a Carthusian monastery

C14: from Medieval Latin Carthusianus, from Latin Carthusia Chartreuse, near Grenoble