CARTHUSIAN meaning: Monastic order emphasizing silence, solitude

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Carthusian)

▸ noun:  A member of a Christian contemplative order of monks founded by Bruno of Cologne (St Bruno) in 1084.
▸ noun:  A pupil of Charterhouse School (founded in a Carthusian monastery)
▸ adjective:  Of, or relating to this order.

Opposite:

non-reclusive, outgoing, sociable

Types:

Trappist, Cistercian, Benedictine, Premonstratensian, Augustinian Canons, Cartesian, more...

Phrases:

carthusian order, more...

Adjectives:

poor, old, young, anonymous, strictest, good, celebrated, german, certain, only, silent

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