Dictionary 1. (n.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.2. (a.) Pertaining to the Carthusian. Thesaurus Augustinian Augustinian Hermit Austin Friar Bernardine Black Friar Black Monk Bonhomme Brigittine Capuchin Carmelite Carthusian Cistercian Cluniac Conventual Crossed Friar Crutched Friar Dominican Franciscan Friar Minor Gilbertine Gray Friar Hospitaler Jesuit Loyolite Marist Maryknoll Minorite Observant Oratorian Premonstratensian Recollect Recollet Redemptorist Templar Trappist White Friar begging hermit preaching friar |