Charterhouse

(c̸härt′ər ho̵us′)

noun

a boys' school in Surrey, England, moved from its orig. location in London that was on the site of a Carthusian monastery
Archaic a Carthusian monastery

See Charterhouse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A Carthusian monastery.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English charterhous

Origin: , by folk etymology from Anglo-Norman chartrouse

Origin: , from Old French (maison) chartreuse, Carthusian (house)

Origin: , feminine of chartreus, Carthusian

Origin: , variant of charteus

Origin: , from Medieval Latin cartusius

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