Middle English Dictionary Entry
Charter-hǒus n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Charter-hǒus n. Also chartre- & chartrous, chart(e)reus. |
| Etymology | Adapted from OF chartrouse, -reuse. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. Charthous.
1.
(a) The Carthusian order of monks; ordre of ~, monkes of ~, hous of ~; (b) a Carthusian monastery; (c) a Carthusian monk.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 Wycl.CChron.(2) (Em 85)186/343 : In ȝer of grace Ml lxxxv þe ordor of þe chartirhous bigan in Calabre.
- (1429-30) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.279 : To eu[er]y monk of Chartyrhouse at Mountgrace..a noble.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)83 : In a elde legend whech þe monkes of charter hous usen.
- c1452 Capgr.Aug.Orders (Add 36704)146/33 : Þe munkis of Charturehous cam oute of þe blake ordr..her first fundacion cam fro Augustin.
- (1464) RParl.5.520b : Any of the Priours and Coventes of the ordre of Charterhous.
- (1465) Lin.DDoc.120/22 : I wol that the iiij howses of the Chartirhows haue, euery howse, for synging dirige and masse for my sowle, xl s.
b
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30111 : The Chartir hous in Selwood, wherynne I am a brother.
- (1450) RParl.5.188a : lx acres and iiii of lande..lyging and joynyng to the Charterhouse of Shene.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.53/18-20 : The Charterhows of wittam..the Chaurterhous of hull..the chaurtyrhous of london..ye Chartyrhous of Epworth.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Ctn.(Hrl 2261)548 : This kynge [Henry V] founded the Chartrous at Shene.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)22097 : Byholde ȝonder a Chartrehous.
c
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)347 : Gefe me ȝowre honde, with chekes dede & pale Caused of wacche & longe abstinence, Sire Chartereux [DM(2): Chartreux]!