Carmelite
noun
Car·mel·ite ˈkär-mə-ˌlīt 
: a member of the Roman Catholic mendicant Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel founded in the 12th century
Carmelite adjective
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin Carmelita, from Mons Carmelus carmel, mount + -ita -ite entry 1
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
- overpotential
- overpower
- overpowered
- overpowering
- overpoweringly
- overpowers
- overpraise
- overpraised
- overpraises
- overpraising
- overprecise
- overpredict
- overpredicted
- overpredicting
- overprediction
- overpredicts
- overprepared
- overprescribe
- overprescribed
- overprescribes
- overprescribing
- overprescription
- overprescriptions
- overpress
- overpressed