About The Word Carmelite
Learn about the word Carmelite to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Carmelite definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Carmelite
| 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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Carmelite: 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. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Destalinization ‐ social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin…
- Pinioned ‐ bound fast especially having the arms restrained [adj] (of birds)…
- First-order correlation ‐ a partial correlation in which the effects of only one variable…
- Tool-and-die work ‐ the craft of making special…
- Mackinac bridge ‐ a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and…
- Parking space ‐ a space where an automobile can…
- New world least weasel ‐ of Canada and northeastern…
- Digestive gland ‐ any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive…
- Brain-teaser ‐ a…
- Eohippus ‐ earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized 4-toed…