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char·ter·house  (chärtr-hous)
n.
A Carthusian monastery.
[Middle English charterhous, by folk etymology from Anglo-Norman chartrouse, from Old French (maison) chartreuse, Carthusian (house), feminine of chartreus, Carthusian, variant of charteus, from Medieval Latin cartusius.]
Charterhouse [ˈtʃɑːtəˌhaʊs]
n
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) a Carthusian monastery
[changed by folk etymology from Anglo-French chartrouse, after Chartosse (now Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse), village near Grenoble, France, the original home of the Carthusian order]
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Noun1.charterhouse - a Carthusian monasterycharterhouse - a Carthusian monastery              
monastery - the residence of a religious community
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