Carthusian order

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Carthusian order - an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084

monastic order, order - a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"

Carthusian - a member of the Carthusian order

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The London volume will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in the Carthusian order, or in urban monasticism, or in medieval London.

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22) A glance at the manuscripts of some Carthusian breviaries indicates that the liturgy of the Carthusian order relied almost as heavily on the Psalms as did that of the Benedictines--and that the Cloud author was not averse to deploying the Psalms in a devotional context is indicated by his biblical voice in other texts of the Cloud corpus.

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Merton's dissatisfaction tempted him to leave the Trappists for the obscure hermit life of the Carthusian Order.

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Margaret Thompson, The Carthusian Order in England (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1930) 103-7.

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It was chosen by the strict Carthusian order of monks as the ideal place for their sanctuary for peaceful prayer and contemplation.