Carthusian

Car·thu·sian

noun \kär-ˈthü-zhən, -ˈthyü-\

Definition of CARTHUSIAN

: a member of an ascetic contemplative religious order founded by St. Bruno in 1084

— Carthusian adjective

Origin of CARTHUSIAN

Medieval Latin Cartusiensis, from Cartusia Chartreuse, motherhouse of the Carthusian order, near Grenoble, France

First Known Use: 1526

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