Carmelite

Car·mel·ite

C0116600 (kär′mə-līt′)n.1. A monk or mendicant friar belonging to the Roman Catholic order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, founded in 1155. Also called White Friar.2. A member of a community of nuns of this order, founded in 1452.

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Car′mel·ite′ adj.

Carmelite

(ˈkɑːməˌlaɪt) n1. (Roman Catholic Church) a member of an order of mendicant friars founded about 1154; White Friar2. (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a corresponding order of nuns founded in 1452, noted for its austere rule3. (Roman Catholic Church) (modifier) of or relating to the Carmelite friars or nuns[C14: from French; named after Mount Carmel, where the order was founded]

Car•mel•ite

(ˈkɑr məˌlaɪt)

n. 1. a mendicant friar belonging to a religious order founded at Mt. Carmel, Palestine, in the 12th century. 2. a nun belonging to this order. adj. 3. of or pertaining to Carmelites or their order. [1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin Carmelita, after Carmel]

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Noun	1.	Carmelite - a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachersWhite FriarCarmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel - a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th centuryfriar, mendicant - a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
Adj.	1.	Carmelite - of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries"

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