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Carmelite

Carmelite Meaning & Definition
Carmelite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Carmelite?

[n] a Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order
[adj] of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Carmelite: White Friar

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See Also | friar | mendicant | Roman Catholic

Carmelite In Webster's Dictionary

\Car"mel*ite\, Carmelin \Car"mel*in\ a. Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
\Car"mel*ite\, n. 1. (Eccl. Hist.) 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. 2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.

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