[mod.F., for earlier charteus:—L. Carthusius: see CHARTERHOUSE.]

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  1.  A CARTHUSIAN. Also attrib.

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c. 1430.  Lydg., Bochas (1554), 223 a. Yeue me your honde with chekes dend and pale, Caused of watche and long abstinence, Sir Chartreux.

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1613.  Shaks., Hen. VIII., I. ii. 143. Sir, a Chartreux Fryer, His Confessor.

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1661.  Cowley, Cromwell, Wks. 1710, II. 655. The Chartreux wants the Warning of a Bell To call him to the Duties of his Cell.

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1732.  Pope, Use of Riches, I. 187. Like some lone chartreux.

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  2.  The Charterhouse (School).

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1779.  Johnson, L. P., Addison, Wks. III. 42. I have enquired when he was sent to the Chartreux…. At the school of the Chartreux … he pursued his juvenile studies under the care of Dr. Ellis.

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