First Known Use: 1526
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Carthusian
noun Car·thu·sian \kär-ˈthü-zhən, -ˈthyü-\
Definition of CARTHUSIAN
: a member of an ascetic contemplative religious order founded by St. Bruno in 1084
— Carthusian adjective
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Origin of CARTHUSIAN
Medieval Latin Cartusiensis, from Cartusia Chartreuse, motherhouse of the Carthusian order, near Grenoble, France
Rhymes with CARTHUSIAN
affusion, allusion, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, delusion, diffusion, effusion, elusion, exclusion, extrusion, illusion, inclusion, infusion, intrusion, Malthusian, obtrusion, occlusion, perfusion, prelusion, profusion, prolusion, protrusion, reclusion, seclusion, transfusion, Venusian
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