carmelite
n.
nun or monk from the Carmelite order, member of a religious order founded on Mount Carmel (Israel) during the 12th century AD
Carmelites
Carmelite
Noun
1. a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
(synonym) White Friar
(hypernym) friar, mendicant
(member-holonym) Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Adjective
1. of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries"
(pertainym) Carmelite, White Friar
carmélite
adj.
carmelite
Carmelite
(n.)
A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
(n.)
A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.
(a.)
Alt. of Carmelin
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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