Definition of "charterhouse" []

• A Carthusian monastery. (noun)

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• "The island takes its name from the Carthusians who followed: Certosa is Italian for "charterhouse," a monastery built by the Carthusian order."
• "The name is derived from the French chartreuse through the Latin cartusia, of which the English "charterhouse" is a corruption."
• "Tomorrow, I'm "preaching with my hands", or at least conversing with them, at the RevGalBlogPals Monday book discussion: on the DVD Into Great Silence (filmed inside a Carthusian charterhouse) and the book An Infinity of Little Hours (a chronicle of five novices who try the Carthusian life in the 1960s)."