# Carthusian

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɑɹˈθuʒən/

## Definitions
1. A member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084.
2. A pupil of Charterhouse School (founded in a Carthusian monastery)

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin Carthusianus, from Cart(h)usia, Latinization of Old French Chartrouse, a region near Grenoble where the order was founded, now Chartreuse; from Late Latin Catorissium, Cantourisa, Caturissium, Chatrousse, probably ultimately from Gaulish *Katurīx (literally “battle-king”). Also see Caturix, Helvetian war god.

## Source
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