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• Carthusian — Order Abbreviation O.Cart., Carthusians Motto Stat crux dum volvitur orbis …   Wikipedia

• Carthusian — ► NOUN ▪ a monk or nun of an austere contemplative order founded by St Bruno in 1084. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to this order. ORIGIN from Carthusia, the Latin name for Chartreuse in France, where the order was founded …   English terms dictionary

• Carthusian — [kär tho͞o′zhən, kärthyo͞o′zhən] n. [ML Cartusianus, after Cartusia, Catorissium, L name for Chartreuse] a monk or nun of a very strict order founded at Chartreuse, France, in 1084, by Saint Bruno adj. of or connected with the Carthusians …   English World dictionary

• Carthusian Martyrs — The Carthusian Martyrs were a group of monks of the London Charterhouse, the monastery of the Carthusian Order in central London, who were put to death by the English state from June 19, 1535 to September 20, 1537. The method of execution was… …   Wikipedia

• Monk — For other uses, see Monk (disambiguation). St. Anthony the Great, considered the Father of Christian Monasticism A monk (from Greek: μοναχός, monachos, single, solitary [1]) is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or… …   Wikipedia

• monk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. friar, brother, cleric; pilgrim, palmer, mendicant; ascetic, hermit, anchorite, cenobite, eremite, recluse, solitary; abbot, prior, father, abbé. See clergy, celibacy, asceticism. II (Roget s IV) n.… …   English dictionary for students

• Carthusian — [kα: θju:zɪən] noun a monk or nun of an austere contemplative order founded by St Bruno in 1084. adjective relating to the Carthusians. Origin from med. L. Carthusianus, from Cart(h)usia, L. name of Chartreuse, near Grenoble, where the order was… …   English new terms dictionary

• Carthusian — /kaˈθjuziən/ (say kah thyoohzeeuhn) noun Roman Catholic Church a member of an austere monastic order founded by the German monk St Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, a town in south eastern France. {Medieval Latin Cartusiānus, from Chatrousse, name of… …  

• Carthusian — n. & adj. n. a monk of a contemplative order founded by St Bruno in 1084. adj. of or relating to this order. Etymology: med.L Carthusianus f. L Cart(h)usia Chartreuse, near Grenoble …   Useful english dictionary

• Thomas Johnson (monk) — Blessed Thomas Johnson (died September 20, 1537) was a Carthusian monk who was left to starve in Newgate gaol because he would not sign the Oath of Supremacy. Margaret Clement brought him and the other Carthusians some food by entering in… …   Wikipedia

• The Carthusian Order —     The Carthusian Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carthusian Order     The name is derived from the French chartreuse through the Latin cartusia, of which the English charterhouse is a corruption. For the foundation of the order see the… …   Catholic encyclopedia