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charterhouse

charterhouse noun: a Carthusian monastery.

Noun

charterhouse (plural charterhouses)

  1. A Carthusian monastery.

Forms of charterhouse

pluralcharterhouses

Origin of charterhouse

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

Words formed from charterhouse

Questions about charterhouse

What does charterhouse mean?
Charterhouse means a Carthusian monastery.
What part of speech is charterhouse?
Charterhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of charterhouse?
The plural of charterhouse is charterhouses.

Words near charterhouse in the dictionary

  1. chartered
  2. chartered accountant
  3. chartered accountants
  4. charterer
  5. charterers
  6. charterhouse
  7. charterhouses
  8. charterial
  9. chartering
  10. Charteris
  11. charterless

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