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Definition of Carthusian order
1. Noun. An austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carthusian Order
Literary usage of Carthusian order
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles, William Rishanger (1889)
"... knowing the misery in store for them, seceded from their church, and in order
to perform continual penance, betook themselves to the carthusian order. ..."
2. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"Hugh of Burgundy, and prior of the carthusian order in England, was consecrated
bishop of Lincoln on the feast of St. Matthew; upon which day, also, ..."
3. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"The same year, Hugh of Burgundy, and prior of the carthusian order in England,
was consecrated bishop of Lincoln on the feast of St. Matthew; upon which day ..."
4. A Concise History of the Christian Church: From Its First Establishment to by George Gregory (1845)
"Miracles—Flagellation for sin—Contests concerning Roman and Gothic Rituals—Carthusian
Order—Cistercians. IN a period of superstition and credulity, ..."
5. The Book of Perth: An Illustration of the Moral and Ecclesiastical State of by John Parker Lawson (1847)
"... PROPE BURGUM DE PERTH," OR, " THE PRIOR AND CONVENT OF THE HOUSE OF THE VALLEY
OF VIRTUE OF THE carthusian order NEAR THE BURGH OF PERTH. ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Guigues du Chastel (Guico DE CASTRO), fifth prior of the Grande Chartreuse,
legislator of the carthusian order and ascetical writer,b. at Saint-Romain in ..."
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