| 释义 |
Carthusian, a. and n.|kɑːˈθjuːzɪən, -ʒ(ɪ)ən|
Earlier forms were Charthous, Chartous, Cartusier.
[ad. L. Cartusiān-us, Cartusiensis, ‘from the Catursiani montes, or from Catorissium, Caturissium, Chatrousse, a village in Dauphiné, near which their first monastery was founded’ (Littré). In F. chartreux, OF. charteus, -ous.
Most English dictionaries erroneously explain their name from la Grande-Chartreuse, their chief convent, near Grenoble; but this is really named after the order: see charter-house.]
1. a. adj. Of or belonging to an order of monks founded in Dauphiné, by St. Bruno, in the year 1086, remarkable for the severity of their rule. b. n. A monk of this order.
c1394P. Pl. Crede 674 Monkes ne preistes, Chanons ne Charthous þat in chirche serueth. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 26 b, The order of the cartusiensys. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 299 He..deit a chartour [? -ous] monk. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. II. 375 The house of the Carthusian monks. 1605Stow Ann. 559 The religion of the Cartusiers. 1633Massinger Guardian iii. i, Live, like a Carthusian, on poor-John. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxv, In the Carthusian convent. 1847Sir J. Stephen Eccl. Biog. (1850) 113 The Carthusians with their self-immolations.
2. a. adj. Of the ‘Charterhouse’ School, founded on the site of a Carthusian monastery in London. b. n. A scholar of the Charterhouse School.
1860All Y. Round No. 66. 367 There is plenty of space for the Carthusians to play in. 1864Blackw. Mag. XCVI. 449 (Hoppe) Carthusians regard their old school with loyalty and gratitude. |