Charterhouse
pronunciation
How to pronounce Charterhouse in British English:
UK [ˈtʃɑ:təhaus]
How to pronounce Charterhouse in American English:
US [ˈtʃɑrtɚˌhaʊs]
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- Noun:
- a Carthusian monastery
Word Origin
- Charterhouse
- great English public school founded in London in 1611, a folk etymology alteration of chartreux (see chartreuse); it was founded upon the site of a Carthusian monastery.
Example
- 1. Charterhouse hong kong hotel causeway bay belong area .
- 2. For her first novel , the valley of decision , a historical romance set in italy , edith wharton chose as her model stendhal 's the charterhouse of parma .