charterhouse

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charterhouse

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From French chartreuse, reanalysed as a compound of charter + house. Doublet of chartreuse.

noun charterhouses

A Carthusian monastery.

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noun Carthusian monastery

Español	cartuja
Français	chartreuse
Deutsch	Kartause
Italiano	certosa

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"charterhouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/charterhouse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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charterhouse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/charterhouse

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"charterhouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/charterhouse.

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@misc{charterhouse_2026,
  title = {charterhouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/charterhouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}