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CARTHUSIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Carthusian mean?
• CARTHUSIAN (noun)
The noun CARTHUSIAN has 1 sense:
1. a member of the Carthusian order
Familiarity information: CARTHUSIAN used as a noun is very rare.
• CARTHUSIAN (adjective)
The adjective CARTHUSIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the Carthusian order
Familiarity information: CARTHUSIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Carthusian order
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Carthusian" is a kind of...):
monastic; monk (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)
Holonyms ("Carthusian" is a member of...):
Carthusian order (an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the Carthusian order
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Carthusian order (an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084)
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