Charterhouse Definition

chärtər-hous
noun
A boys' school in Surrey, England, moved from its original location in London that was on the site of a Carthusian monastery.
Webster's New World
A Carthusian monastery.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Charterhouse

Noun

Singular:
charterhouse
Plural:
charterhouses

Origin of Charterhouse

  • Middle English charterhous by folk etymology from Anglo-Norman chartrouse from Old French (maison) chartreuse Carthusian (house) feminine of chartreus Carthusian variant of charteus from Medieval Latin cartusius

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French Chartreuse.

    From Wiktionary

Charterhouse Sentence Examples

  • William Gifford Palgrave (1826-1888) went to India as a soldier after a brilliant career at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Oxford; but, having become a Roman Catholic, he was ordained priest and served as a Jesuit missionary in India, Syria, and Arabia.

  • He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1809 was elected professor of Greek in succession to Porson.

  • She was reconciled with Archbishop Hamilton, and took up arms against the Protestants of Perth, who, incited by Knox, had destroyed the Charterhouse, where many of the Scottish kings were buried.

  • On the death of his mother in 1806, Julius was sent home to the Charterhouse in London, where he remained till 1812, when he entered Trinity College, Cambridge.

  • On the duke of Buckingham's nomination, Wesley was for six years a pupil at Charterhouse.

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