CARTHUSIAN ORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carthusian order mean? 

• CARTHUSIAN ORDER (noun)
  The noun CARTHUSIAN ORDER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CARTHUSIAN ORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARTHUSIAN ORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Carthusian order" is a kind of...):

monastic order; order (a group of person living under a religious rule)

Meronyms (members of "Carthusian order"):

Carthusian (a member of the Carthusian order)