Vocabulary : Charte to Chartist

Charte : The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy, as established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814.
Charted : of Chart
Charter : A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. ;; An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges. ;; An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers. ;; A special privilege, immunity, or exemption. ;; The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below. ;; To establish by charter. ;; To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.
Chartered : of Charter ;; Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter. ;; Hired or let by charter, as a ship.
Charterer : One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage.
Charterhouse : A well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in London.
Chartering : of Charter
Charterist : Same as Chartist.
Chartism : The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter.
Chartist : A supporter or partisan of chartism.
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