Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a usually yellow or green liqueur.
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Examples
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The resulting creation was dubbed Chartreuse, a medicinal liquor which contains over 130 herbs and flowers.
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The resulting creation was dubbed Chartreuse, a medicinal liquor which contains over 130 herbs and flowers.
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He received from Hugo, bishop of Grenoble, a site called Chartreuse from the color of the surrounding hills as a place of residence.
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Beauport has been called the Chartreuse of Brittany.
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The fundamental principle of Camaldoli and the Chartreuse is the same, namely, the combination of Western monasticism as embodied in St. Benedict's Rule with the eremitical life of the Egyptian solitaries.
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"The Chartreuse, which is not in the forest, but merely some hundred feet from it."
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[130] The actual "Chartreuse" of Parma only makes its appearance on the very last page of the book, when the hero, resigning his arch bishopric, retires to it.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
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This monastery is where the celebrated liquor, "Chartreuse", was manufactured, the basis of which is brandy, distilled flowers, and herbs.
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The roving is Abstract Fiber's "Chartreuse", from Abundant Yarn & Dyeworks.
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The roving is Abstract Fiber's "Chartreuse", from Abundant Yarn & Dyeworks.
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