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Meaning of CARTHUSIAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \Car*thu"sian\, n. [LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis,
    from the town of Chartreuse, in France.] (Eccl. Hist.)
    A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at
    Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.
    
  2. \Car*thu"sian\, a.
    Pertaining to the Carthusian.
    
 
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