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La Grande Chartreuse

Chartreuse \Char`treuse"\, n. [F.]

  1. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.

  2. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse. [1913 Webster] ||

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Nestled against sweet-smelling pines, the chalet was perched on a steep slope at the edge of broad fields and meadows in sight of La Grande Chartreuse, a famous Carthusian monastery.