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CARTHUSIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Carthusian order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Carthusian" is a kind of...):

monastic; monk (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)

Holonyms ("Carthusian" is a member of...):

Carthusian order (an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Carthusian order

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Carthusian order (an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084)

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