carthusian

noun

1. a member of a monastic order founded by St. Bruno in 1086 near Grenoble, France.

adjective

2. pertaining to the Carthusians.

noun

1. RC Church
   1. a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
   2. (as modifier)a Carthusian monastery

adj.

late 14c., from Latin Cartusianus, in reference to an austere order of monks founded 1086 by St. Bruno at Chartreux, village in Dauphiné, France.