charterhouse

2 definitions found

charterhouse - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Charterhouse \Char"ter*house`\, n.
     A well known public school and charitable foundation in the
     building once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in
     London.
     [1913 Webster]

charterhouse - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  charterhouse
      n 1: a Carthusian monastery