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charterhouse

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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.charterhousecharterhouse - a Carthusian monastery              
monastery - the residence of a religious community


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When he was old enough Joseph was sent first to schools near his home, and then a little later to the famous Charterhouse in London.
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For a temporary asylum I pitched upon a small, quiet, empty, private hotel which I knew of in Charterhouse Square.
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His record at Charterhouse was so brilliant that when he went to Cambridge the Master of Trinity Hall went out of his way to express his satisfaction that he was going to that college.
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