What does Charterhouse mean?
Definitions for Charterhouse
ˈtʃɑr tərˌhaʊs; -ˌhaʊ zɪzchar·ter·house
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Princeton's WordNet
charterhousenoun
a Carthusian monastery
Wiktionary
charterhousenoun
A Carthusian monastery.
Etymology: From Chartreuse.
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charterhouse
A Charterhouse is a Carthusian monastery. The name is derived from Chartreuse, a region in France where the first Carthusian monastery was established. This term is often used in the United Kingdom.
Webster Dictionary
Charterhousenoun
a well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in London
Wikidata
Charterhouse
Charterhouse, also known as Charterhouse-on-Mendip, is a hamlet in the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the English county of Somerset. The area between Charterhouse and Cheddar Gorge including Velvet Bottom and Ubley Warren is covered by the Cheddar Complex Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Charterhouse
chärt′ėr-hows, n. a Carthusian monastery: the famous hospital and school instituted in London in 1611, on the site of a Carthusian monastery—now transferred—the 'masterpiece of Protestant English charity' in Fuller's phrase.—ns. Char′treuse, a Carthusian monastery, esp. the original one, the Grande Chartreuse near Grenoble in France: a famous liqueur, green, yellow, or white, long manufactured here by the monks from aromatic herbs and brandy: a kind of enamelled pottery: a pale greenish colour; Char′treux, a Carthusian: the Charterhouse School.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Charterhouse
a large London school, originally a Carthusian monastery, and for a time a residence of the dukes of Norfolk.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Charterhouse in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Charterhouse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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