Definition of carmelite Carmelite
/kɑˈɹmʌlajˌt/ - [karmulayt] - Car•mel•ite
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What does carmelite mean?
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| carmelite - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers | ||
| White Friar | ||
| friar, mendicant a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms | ||
| carmelite order, order of our lady of mount carmel a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century | ||
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| carmelite - of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- carmelite (Noun)
A member of the , a Catholic religious order focusing on contemplative prayer and the Virgin Mary .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- carmelite (a.)
Alt. of Carmelin - carmelite (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. - carmelite (n.)
A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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carmelite
kär′mel-īt, n. a monk of the order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in Syria, founded there about 1156, made a mendicant order in 1247—the habit brown, with white cloak and scapular, hence the Carmelites were popularly known as the White Friars: a monk or nun of discalced or reformed branch established by St Teresa—the barefooted Carmelites: a variety of pear; a fine woollen stuff like beige
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🔤- carmelite, noun, singular of carmelites.
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