Obs. Also chartous. [Earlier form of CHARTERHOUSE; a. AF. chart(h)ous = OF. charteus:—L. Carthusius: see CARTHUSIAN.] Carthusian, -s.
c. 1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VII. 305. Aboute that tyme bygan the ordre of the Charthous in Calabria.
c. 1394. P. Pl. Crede, 674. Monkes ne preistes, Chanouns ne charthous þat in chirche serveth.
