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CHARTERHOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does charterhouse mean?
• CHARTERHOUSE (noun)
The noun CHARTERHOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a Carthusian monastery
Familiarity information: CHARTERHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Carthusian monastery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("charterhouse" is a kind of...):
monastery (the residence of a religious community)
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